Tools of the Trade

March 3 – June 7, 2008
East Building, Ground Floor, Library

Winsor & Newton, *Manufacturing artists’ colourmen*, London, circa 1895, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.

Overview: 19th-century art supply catalogues, instruction manuals, artists' gear, and images of artists at work selected from the National Gallery of Art Library and conservation department were shown in this library display held in association with the exhibition In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Manet. The presentation was organized in sections for oil painting, works on paper, and photography.

Organization: The installation was organized by the National Gallery of Art. Neal Turtell, executive librarian, National Gallery of Art, and Yuri Long, library researcher, were curators.

Tools of the Trade
Audio, Released: April 22, 2008, (6:04 minutes)