School of Art, Yale University, lectures and presentations 1963-1991
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Yale University. School of Art
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The study of visual arts at Yale began in 1832 with the opening of the Trumbull Gallery, the first art museum in the country to be connected with a college. A successful exhibition there in 1858 generated interest in formalized studies in art at Yale. The School of Fine Arts (1869-1955), made possible by a gift from Augustus Street (B.A. 1812), began soon thereafter and was established with the completion of Street Hall. A professorship in Painting and Design was created and the School was forma...
