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The Drive, Central Park

The Drive, Central Park

c. 1905
(American, 1870–1938)
America, early 20th Century
oil on canvas
Framed: 84.1 x 99.4 x 9.5 cm (33 1/8 x 39 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 64.5 x 81 cm (25 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.); Former: 84 x 99 x 11.5 cm (33 1/16 x 39 x 4 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.524
Location: 208 American Gilded Age and Realism

Did You Know?

Glackens’s lifelong nickname “Butts” was acquired when he wore a coat with prominent brass buttons.

Description

Glackens derived much inspiration from New York’s Central Park, painting it several times during his early career. In this canvas he recorded the weekday ritual of wealthy Manhattanites parading through the park in their elegant horse-drawn carriages. This tradition drew spectators eager to witness the pageantry, and for all involved, it was an opportunity to see and be seen.
  • Mrs. William J. Glackens, widow of the artist; (C. W. Kraushaar Art Gallery)
  • Chassey, Eric de. Made in USA: l'art américain, 1908-1947 : Bordeaux, Musée des beaux-arts, 10 octobre-31 décembre 2001, Renne, Musée des beaux-arts, 18 janvier-31 mars 2002, Montpellier, Musée Fabre, 12 avril-23 juin 2001. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001. illus. p. 44.
    Francis, Henry S. “An Oil by William Glackens.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 3 (March 1940): 35–36. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 35-36 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 544 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 189 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 189 archive.org
    “A Check List. American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 1 (January 1973): 21–35. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 26, no. 67 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 235 archive.org
  • William Glackens; Sensuous Modernism. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL (organizer) (February 23-June 1, 2014); Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (July 19-October 12, 2014); The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (November 8, 2014-February 16, 2015).
    Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme [FRAME]. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France (organizer) (October 5-December 31, 2001); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France (January 17-March 31, 2002); Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (April 10-June 25, 2002).
    Visions of America: Urban Realism 1900-1945. Columbus Museum of Art (January 5-March 3, 1996); Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (April 5-June 2, 1996); The Butler Institute of American Art (organizer) (June 30-August 18, 1996).
    Kalamazoo, MI, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, A Century of Caring: One Hundred Years of American Realism (18 May-3 August 1986), illus. p. 16, listed p. 49.
    Wilmington, DE, Delaware Art Museum, William Glackens: Illustrator in New York, 1897-1919 (15 March-28 April 1985); traveled to State College, PA, Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art (30 June-8 September 1985); to Yonkers, NY, Hudson River Museum (15 September-24 November 1985), cat. no. 3, illus.
    Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, Japanese Artists Who Studied in U.S.A. and the American Scene (24 July-5 September 1982); traveled to Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art, (14 September-11 October 1982), cat. no. 65, pp. 93-94, illus. p. 94.
    American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).
    Coshocton, OH, The Johnson-Humrickhouse Memorial Museum, American Paintings 1825-1915 from The Cleveland Museum of Art (7 July-1 November 1979), illus. p. 11, fig. 14, listed p. 13.
    Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Art Museum, The American Scene 1900-1970: An Exhibition of Twentieth Century Painting Held in Honor of the Sesquicentennial of Indiana University (6 April-17 May 1970), illus. cat. no. 47.
    The American Scene 1900 - 1970. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (organizer) (April 5-May 17, 1970).
    The Art of William Glackens. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ (organizer) (January 10-February 10, 1967).
    St. Louis, City Art Museum of Saint Louis, William Glackens in Retrospect (18 November-31 December 1966); traveled to Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (1 February-2 April 1967); to New York, Whitney Museum of American Art (25 April-11 June 1967), illus. cat. no. 16.
    Retrospective of Work by Richard Glackens. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (November 18-December 31, 1966); Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (February 1-April 2, 1967); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (April 25-June 11, 1967).
    What Was the Armory Show?. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 27-September 15, 1963).
    Modern American Painting 1915. San Diego Museum of Art (organizer) (December 7, 1962-January 6, 1963).
    San Diego, The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Modern American Painting: 1915 (6 December 1962-6 January 1963), cat. no. 11.
    Stockholm, Royal Academy of the Free Arts, (4-27 November 1955), illus. cat. no. 83, p. 24.
    Ghent, Belgium, The Ghent Museum (3 September-2 October 1955), illus. cat. no. 81.
    Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, l'Esposizione per il 150 Anniversario della Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts di Filadelfia (June 1955), illus. cat. no 73, p. 43; Innsbruck, Ferdinandeum Museum (16 July-20 August 1955), illus. cat. no. 73.
    Sent from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts on a good-will tour through the U.S. Information Agency, Washington, D.C. to: Madrid, Sala de la Direccion General de Belles Artes, (21 April-8 May 1955), illus. cat. no. 73, p. 43.
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition (15 January-13 March 1955), cat. no. 208, pp. 124-129, illus. p. 125.
    Dayton, Dayton Art Institute, American and Impressionism (19 October-11 November 1951); traveled to Columbus, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (18 November-16 December 1951).
    35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
    New York, Kraushaar Galleries, Paintings and Drawings by William Glackens (3-29 January 1949), cat. no. 3.
    Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Artists of the Philadelphia Press (14 October-18 November 1945), cat. no. 4, see The Philadelphia Museum Bulletin (November, 1945), vol. XLI, no. 207 for catalogue.
    The Eight. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 9-March 4, 1944).
    New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana (1941); traveled to Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, (3 July-31 July 19410; to Montevideo, Galeria del Teatro Solis, (18 August-19 September 1941); to Rio de Janeiro, Museo de Bellas Artes (8 November-9 December 1941), illus. p. 51.
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