Ferargil Galleries
Variant namesArt gallery at 607 5th Avenue and 63 East 57th St., New York, N.Y.
From the description of Ferargil Galleries exhibition catalogs, 1918-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333567
Ferargil Galleries (estab. 1915; closed 1955) was a commercial art gallery in New York, N.Y.
Founded by Frederic Newlin Price in 1915. Closed its doors in 1955. Dealt primarily in American art.
From the description of Ferargil Galleries records, circa 1900-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767864441
Commercial art gallery; New York, N.Y.
Founded by Frederic Newlin Price in 1915. Closed its doors in 1955. Dealt primarily in American art.
From the description of Ferargil Galleries records, 1900-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220169071
Frederic Newlin Price (1884-1963) opened Ferargil Galleries in 1915 at 24 East 49th Street and 607 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Art critic W. Frank Purdy (1865-1943)was the President of the Art Alliance of America in 1918 and director of the School of American Sculpture worked at the galleries as director of sculpture.
Named from a combination of "fer" (ferrous-iron) and "argil" (clay), Ferargil Galleries dealt in wrought iron, sculpture, paintings and prints, and focused on exhibitions of work by American artists such as George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Emil Carlsen, John Steuart Curry, Arthur B. Davies, W. Hunt Diederich, Thomas Eakins, Edward Hicks, Ernest Lawson, Albert P. Ryder and Grant Wood. Ferargil was also known for its representation of a group of contemporary watercolorists including Charles Dickinson, Phil Dike, Hardie Gramatky, Barse Miller, and Paul Sample.
In 1927 the business moved to 37 East 57th Street (later 63 East 57th Street) and housed a print room, a sculpture gallery with a fountain, and the main painting galleries.
In 1931 Price became the Director of the newly-formed Benjamin West Society at his alma mater, Swarthmore College. There, he promoted the arts at Swarthmore through annual lectures and exhibitions by contemporary artists and also acquired artwork for the college, primarily by Benjamin West. Price served as President of the American Art Dealers Association in the early 1930s and published a number of books and articles on artists including Arthur B. Davies, Walter Griffin, Eric Hudson, Ernest Lawson, Arthur P. Ryder and Horatio Walker.
Price closed Ferargil Galleries in 1955.
From the guide to the Ferargill Galleries records, circa 1900-1963, (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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creatorOf | Ferargil Galleries records | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | Gramatky, Hardie, 1907-. Letters / Hardie Gramatky. | Dartmouth College Library | |
referencedIn | George Constant papers | Archives of American Art | |
referencedIn | De Hirsh Margules papers | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | George Constant papers | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | Ferargil Galleries records | Archives of American Art | |
referencedIn | Edwin Coupland Shaw papers | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | Ferargil Galleries. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
creatorOf | De Hirsh Margules papers | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | Jacques Maroger papers | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | William Hunt Diederich papers | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | Ferargil Galleries. Institutional file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives |
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