Constantin Hansen Temple of Neptune, Paestum 1828 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
"The word quality has become a nasty word and is thought to be the wrong category to focus on," Thaw told an interviewer in 2007 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. "I've never agreed with that."
The New York art dealer Eugene V. Thaw also collected privately for himself throughout the course of a long career. One area of interest was European landscapes of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many occupying the halfway territory between sketches and conventionally finished paintings. The creators of these works were seemingly united in some sort of futile endeavor to disregard the dawning Industrial Revolution. Images are made available by the Metropolitan Museum. The Thaw Collection is now jointly owned by the Metropolitan Museum and the Morgan Library.
Giovanni Battista Camuccini Etruscan Ruin 1840s Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Wilhelm Marstrand Fountain in Rome ca. 1836-41 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Lorenz Frølich Large Oak 1837 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Louis Auguste Lapito Clearing at the edge of a wood 19th century Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Achille Etna Michallon Beech Tree ca. 1817 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Gilles François Joseph Closson Cluster of Trees 19th century Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Simon Denis Landscape near Rome with Storm ca. 1786-1806 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Martinus Rørbye Citadel Ramparts by Moonlight, Copenhagen 1839 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
François Marius Granet Villa Maecenas Stables, Tivoli ca. 1805-10 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Wilhelm Bendz Study of Light in Vaulted Interior 19th century Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Carl Gustave Carus Overgrown Mineshaft ca. 1824 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Gustaf Söderberg Grotto of Posillipo, Naples 1820 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Achille Etna Michallon Trees, Bois de Boulogne ca. 1812-15 Metropolitan Museum of Art |