Museum Art and Methods (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1907 May - 1907 May

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Open in May 1907. Located in the East Mammal Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. Museum Art and Methods featured drawings, paintings, and models created by the Museum scientific staff for public exhibitions and illustrations for the Museum's scientific publications.

Summary

Museum Art and Methods featured drawings, paintings, and models created by the Museum scientific staff for public exhibitions and illustrations for the Museum's scientific publications. Artists included W. Baake, Mrs. E.L. Beutenmuller, Albert E. Butler, Erwin S. Christman, James L. Clark, B.E. Dahlgren, a Miss French, Bruce Horsfal, M.E. Howe, Charles R. Knight, Ignaz Matausch, Caspar Mayer, W.C. Orchard, L.M. Sterling, and B. Yoshihara (1, 1907, p. 96-97). The committee included Director Herman C. Bumpus, James L. Clark, and Charles R. Knight (2, 1907, p. 1).

Details of the artists and works exhibited are described in the October 1907 issue of the American Museum Journal (1, 1907, p. 96-97):

*James L. Clark: Studies in clay for the mounting of the African Lion Hannibal, Mountain Sheep Group, and Whales

*B.E. Dahlgren: Snapping Turtle Group and enlarged models of minute forms of animal life

*W.C. Orchard: Ethnological models of heads from different North American cultures modeled by Caspar Meyer

*Caspar Meyer: Eskimo and African ethnological illustrations

*Charles R. Knight: Sketches of his fossil restorations in water color, oil, and clay

*Bruce Horsfal: Field studies made for backgrounds of habitat groups, including Prairie Hen, Pelican, Wild Turkey, Anhinga, and desert birds

*Albert E. Butler and Miss French: Wax models of flowers, fruit, and foliage of North American trees from a series for the Jesup Collection of North American Woods and the South American Flying Lizard Group

*Ignaz Matausch: Enlarged water color drawings and wax models of Leafhoppers

*E.L. Beutenmuller: Water color landscapes, moths, and butterflies

*M.E. Howe: Pen drawings of ants

*L.M. Sterling, Erwin S. Christman, and B. Yoshihara: Pen and wash drawings of vertebrate fossils

*W. Baake: Pen drawings of North American ethnological objects

This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. "An Exhibition of Museum Art and Methods," The American Museum Journal, October 1907.

(2) American Museum of Natural History. Annual Reports, Departmental. "Quarterly Report of the Department of Preparation and Exhibition. Division Under James L. Clark April 1 to June 30, 1907." June 30, 1907. Departmental Records, DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Research Library.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

America Museum of Natural History. Hall of Late Mammals.
Museum Art and Methods was exhibited in the hall, then known as the East Mammal Hall (1, 1907, p. 96)

American Museum of Natural History. Jesup Hall of North American Woods.
French and Butler's models in preparation for the hall were exhibited in Museum Art and Methods (1, 1907, p. 97)

American Museum of Natural History. Leonard C. Sanford Hall of North American Birds.
Bruce Horsfals' field studies for the hall were included in Museum Art and Methods (1, 1907, p. 97)

Baake, W.
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Beutenmuller, E.L., Mrs.
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Bumpus, Hermon C. (Hermon Carey) 1862-1943
Exhibition committee (2, 1907, p. 1)

Butler, Albert E.
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Christman, Erwin S.
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Clark, James L. (James Lippitt) 1883-1969
Featured Museum artist and exhibition committee (1, 1907, p. 96-97; 2, 1907, p. 1)

Dahlgren, B.E. (Bror Eric) 1877-1961
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

French
Name only given as Miss French. Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce) 1869-1948
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Howe, M.E.
Credited as Miss Howe. Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Knight, Charles Robert 1874-195
Featured Museum artist and exhibition committee (1, 1907, p. 96-97; 2, 1907, p. 1)

Matausch, Ignaz
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Mayer, Caspar 1871-1931
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Orchard, William C.
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Sterling, Lindsay Morris 1876-1931
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Yoshihara, B.
Featured Museum artist (1, 1907, p. 97)

Related Resources

The American Museum journal.
An Exhibition of Museum Art and Methods." (October 1907)

American Museum of Natural History annual reports, 1902-2001.
"Quarterly Report of the Department of Preparation and Exhibition. Division Under James L. Clark April 1 to June 30, 1907."

subjectOf

Museum Art and Methods : [documentation related to the exhibition] [American Museum of Natural History Special Collections vertical files]
Vertical File--Temporary Exhibitions

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