The Picture from Thibet

c. 1920

Emil Carlsen

Painter, American, 1853 - 1932

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 1926 by James Parmelee [1855-1931], Washington;[1] by inheritance 1931 to his widow, Alice Maury Parmelee [1866-1940], Washington; bequest 1941 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] In James Parmelee's will (dated 11 October 1926), this painting is described: "a painting by Emil Carlsen, entitled "The Picture from Thibet," acquired by me in the Spring of 1926."

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1921

  • Recent Paintings by Emil Carlsen, N.A., Macbeth Gallery, New York, 9-28 February 1921, no. 4.

1922

  • One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 5 February - 26 March 1922, no. 367.

  • Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists, City Art Museum, Saint Louis, 15 September - 25 October 1922, no. 20.

1923

  • Special Exhibition of Paintings by Emil Carlsen, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wasingotn, 3-29 April 1923, no. 51.

  • An Exhibition of Paintings by Emil Carlsen, Department of Fine Arts, Carmege Institute, Pittsburgh, 25 June - 4 September 1923, no. 51.

  • Winter Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, 17 November - 16 December 1923, no. 380.

1926

  • The Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 4 April - 16 May 1926, no. 84.

1950

  • Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1950, no catalogue.

1981

  • Extended loan for use by Vice President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush, Vice President's House, Washington, 1981-1989.

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 78.

2008

  • The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, unpublished checklist.

2018

  • Emil Carlsen's Quiet Harmonies, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings; Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia; Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London; Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, 2018-2019, pl. 19 (shown only in Billings, Huntington, and New London).

Bibliography

1973

  • Phillips, Dorothy W. A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Vol. 2: Painters born from 1850 to 1910. Washington, 1973: 16.

2011

  • McLean, Randall. "Emil Carlsen, The Picture from Thibet." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 224-255, 280, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46633935


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