- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- To Iris Barry (1895–1969)
- Credits
- Previews
-
1 Early Years -
2 “We Enjoyed the War” -
3 “Dear Miss Barry” -
4 The Other Bloomsbury -
5 Life with Lewis -
6 Children -
7 Alan Porter -
8 The Spectator -
9 Splashing into Film Society -
10 Cinema Paragons, Hollywood, and Lady Mary -
11 Let’s Go to the Pictures -
12 Victory and Defeat -
13 America -
14 The Askew Salon -
15 Museum Men -
16 Remarriage -
17 Settling In -
18 Cracking Hollywood -
19 Art High and Low -
20 On to Europe -
21 Going Public -
22 The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr -
23 Meanwhile, Back at the Library -
24 New Work, Old Acquaintances -
25 “The Master” and his Minions -
26 Temora Farm -
27 The Museum Enlists -
28 Mr. Rockefeller’s Office -
29 L’Affair Buñuel -
30 The Other Library -
31 Divorce -
32 Postwar Blues -
33 Abbott’s Fall -
34 Hospital -
35 Departure -
36 La Bonne Font -
37 Things Past -
38 The Austin House -
39 Readjustments -
40 New York and London -
41 Final Breaks -
42 The End - Sequel
- Sources
- Index
Museum Men
Museum Men
- Chapter:
- (p.171) 15 Museum Men
- Source:
- Lady in the Dark
- Author(s):
Robert Sitton
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
This chapter describes the two men who were most influential in Iris Barry's life after 1932. These were A. Everett “Chick” Austin, director of the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, and Museum of Modern Art director Alfred Barr. Barr was scholarly, austere, exacting, and utterly dedicated to the institution he was building. Austin had charm and imagination that endeared him to many in the art world. It was for Chick and the Atheneum that Iris would present her first film program in the United States. At Chick's invitation and to test the waters for museum film exhibition, Iris put together a retrospective of films under the title, “The Motion Picture (1914–1934).” The programs, presented between October 28 and December 30, 1934, were a huge success and led to requests for showings from universities and museums throughout the country. It also marked the beginning of the film art movement in the United States and was the first collaboration between Iris and Chick Austin.
Keywords: Chick Austin, Wadsworth Atheneum, Alfred Barr, Museum of Modern Art, museum directors
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- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- To Iris Barry (1895–1969)
- Credits
- Previews
-
1 Early Years -
2 “We Enjoyed the War” -
3 “Dear Miss Barry” -
4 The Other Bloomsbury -
5 Life with Lewis -
6 Children -
7 Alan Porter -
8 The Spectator -
9 Splashing into Film Society -
10 Cinema Paragons, Hollywood, and Lady Mary -
11 Let’s Go to the Pictures -
12 Victory and Defeat -
13 America -
14 The Askew Salon -
15 Museum Men -
16 Remarriage -
17 Settling In -
18 Cracking Hollywood -
19 Art High and Low -
20 On to Europe -
21 Going Public -
22 The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr -
23 Meanwhile, Back at the Library -
24 New Work, Old Acquaintances -
25 “The Master” and his Minions -
26 Temora Farm -
27 The Museum Enlists -
28 Mr. Rockefeller’s Office -
29 L’Affair Buñuel -
30 The Other Library -
31 Divorce -
32 Postwar Blues -
33 Abbott’s Fall -
34 Hospital -
35 Departure -
36 La Bonne Font -
37 Things Past -
38 The Austin House -
39 Readjustments -
40 New York and London -
41 Final Breaks -
42 The End - Sequel
- Sources
- Index
