Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886
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Epithet: author and art critic
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000053
Painter, etcher, author, art and music critic, of Boston, Mass.
Perkins graduated from Harvard in 1843; studied art in Rome and Paris; promoted art education for the masses; organized the Boston Art Club and served as president, 1869-1879; was a founder and honorary director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and was instrumental in instituting an art curriculum for Massachusetts and the city of Boston. Perkins was the author of Italian sculptors and of Tuscan sculptors, both illustrated by his own drawings.
From the description of No. 1 - sketches : April - May - & June - 1844. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 313490930
Painter, etcher, author, art and music critic; Boston, Mass.
Perkins studied art in Rome and Paris and promoted art education for the masses. He organized the Boston Art Club and served as president, 1869-1879; was a founder and honorary director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and was instrumental in instituting an art curriculum for Massachusetts and the city of Boston. Perkins was the author of ITALIAN SCULPTORS and TUSCAN SCULPTORS, both illustrated by his own drawings.
From the description of Charles C. Perkins papers, 1844-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79130671
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- Art critics
- Etchers
- Italians
- Lectures, Popular
- Painters
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- Spain (as recorded)
- Italy (as recorded)
- Italy (as recorded)
- Turkey, Asia Minor (as recorded)
- Italy (as recorded)
