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Museum Open House; Animal Spirits
Part of From the Vault.
03/28/1966
Program hosted by Russell Connor of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Each half hour program was devoted to a period of artists and showed works of art with Connor giving the background on the works. In this episode, Connor showcases art with a focus on animals and animal spirits. The majority of the art featured are statues with animals subjects ranging from the Hippo to the Fox. Connor also shares some Japanese art including The Nine Dragon Scroll painted by Ch'en Jung and a Tiger screen painted by Hasegawa T?haku. He closes with a painting by Gustave Courbet.
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- Series
- Museum Open House
- Program
- Animal Spirits
- Program Number
62
- Series Description
Program hosted by Russell Connor of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Each half hour program was devoted to a period of artists and showed works of art with Connor giving the background on the works. Early and Mid 1960’s. Series release date: 1963
- Duration
00:29:54
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Art & Arts
- Art, Japanese
- Rong, Chen
- Connor, Russell
- Nine Dragons
- Jung, Ch'en
- Painting
- Hasegawa, Tohaku, 1539-1610
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Animals
- Courbet, Gustave, 1819-1877
- Art, French
- Sculpture
- Genres
- Educational
- Topics
- Fine Arts
- Contributors
- Rogers, Steve (Other (see note))
- Anderson, Ken (Other (see note))
- Barnard, Patricia (Producer)
- Husbands, Nancy (Assistant Producer)
- Cosel, William (Director)
- Kennedy, Thalia (Associate Producer)
- Kane, Pat (Other (see note))
- Connor, Russell (Host)
- Ferguson, Andrew (Sound)
- Publication Information
- Presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Museum Open House; Animal Spirits,” 03/28/1966, GBH Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9EAECAA04262462CBEEE086091DD5DAE.
- MLA: “Museum Open House; Animal Spirits.” 03/28/1966. GBH Archives. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9EAECAA04262462CBEEE086091DD5DAE>.
- APA: Museum Open House; Animal Spirits. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9EAECAA04262462CBEEE086091DD5DAE