{"id":66,"date":"2020-04-29T11:02:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-3570-spring-2020\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2020-05-06T15:43:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T19:43:41","slug":"h-wunderlich-company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-3570-spring-2020\/gallery-bios\/h-wunderlich-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Wunderlich & Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Active Dates: <\/b>approximately 1874-2005<\/span><\/p>\n

Gallerist(s):<\/b> Hermann Wunderlich <\/span>(active in gallery between 1874-1892)<\/span><\/p>\n

Edward G. Kennedy (active in gallery between 1887-1916)<\/span><\/p>\n

Locations:<\/b>1<\/a><\/sup>All names, locations, and active dates from: \u201cKennedy Galleries to Close, Will Go On as Private Entity.\u201d https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/kennedy-galleries-to-close-will-go-on-as-private-entity-2068\/. <\/span><\/p>\n

1884:\u00a0John Street, Lower Manhattan, New York\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1883: 808 Broadway, New York\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1966: East 56th Street, New York<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a01974: West 57th Street, New York\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1994: 730 Fifth Ave, New York<\/span><\/p>\n

Specialty: <\/b>They began selling Old Master prints, but transitioned to selling\u00a0 Popular Prints, American Art, and James McNeill Whistler\u2019s works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gallery History<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>Having immigrated to the United States from <\/span>W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany, <\/span>Hermann Wunderlich was the head of prints at the New York branch of the Goupil Gallery before opening his <\/span>H. Wunderlich & Company in 1874, later joined by Edward G. Kennedy.2<\/a><\/sup>\u201cThe Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler: H.Wunderlich & Company,\u201d University of Glasgow,\u201d Accessed April 6, 2020. https:\/\/www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk\/correspondence\/biog\/display\/?bid=Wund_H. (citation for petri section coming soon) <\/span><\/span>\u00a0Their gallery mainly dealt with Old Master prints at its start but transitioned into selling popular prints and contemporary American art.3<\/a><\/sup>\u201cH. Wunderlich & Company\/Kennedy & Company Stock Books, 1879-1915,\u201d Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, www.aaa.si.edu\/collections\/h-wunderlich–companykennedy–company-stock-books-10382. <\/span> <\/span>Putting on exhibitions in his gallery for artists like Henry Farrer and Julian Weir,4<\/a><\/sup>\u201cWunderlich, Gerold & Co.\u201d Antiques & Fine Art – Wunderlich, Gerold & Co. – Inventory, www.antiquesandfineart.com\/dealers\/inventory.cfm?id=2483. <\/span><\/span> the gallery developed a formidable reputation in New York City. The most notable relationship they possessed was with the renowned James McNeill Whistler, for whom they hosted an exhibition of Whistler\u2019s Venetian prints show entitled \u201cArrangement in White & Yellow,\u201d5<\/a><\/sup>\u201cThe Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler: H.Wunderlich & Company.\u201d <\/span><\/span> and his first painting exhibition in the United States, \u201cNotes\u201d \u2013 \u201cHarmonies\u201d \u2013 \u201cNocturnes\u201d in 1889.6<\/a><\/sup> Grischka Petri, Arrangement in Business the Art Markets and the Career of James McNeill Whistler (Hildesheim: Olms, 2011), 465. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0This painting exhibition wowed American audiences with its monochromatic use of pinks and dramatic Whistlerian curation and similarly included what would later be known as arguably Whistler\u2019s most controversial work, <\/span>Nocturne in Black and Gold \u2013 The Falling Rocket.<\/span><\/i>7<\/a><\/sup> \u201cThe Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler: H.Wunderlich & Company.\u201d <\/span><\/span> Wunderlich and Kennedy would continue to exhibit Whistler\u2019s art in the United States, as the gallery was the main American contact for the artist.8<\/a><\/sup> \u201cThe Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler: H.Wunderlich & Company.\u201d <\/span><\/span>\u00a0Whistler\u2019s relationship with various members of <\/span>H. Wunderlich & Company <\/span>made Wunderlich one of the biggest dealers of Whistler\u2019s works in the United States for elite American families across the country.<\/span> After Wunderlich died at a young age in 1893, his partner Edward G. Kennedy took full control of the gallery and changed its name to Kennedy & Company by 1912,\u00a0 and to the Kennedy Galleries by 1952.9<\/a><\/sup> \u201cKennedy Galleries to Close, Will Go On as Private Entity.\u201d <\/span><\/span> Wunderlich and Kennedy\u2019s descendants, including the famous American dealer Rudolf Gerold Wunderlich.10<\/a><\/sup> \u201cKennedy Galleries to Close, Will Go On as Private Entity.\u201d <\/span><\/span> Lawrence Fleischman came on to the team in 1966, after which his daughter Martha J. Fleishman continued working with the gallery through to 2005, after which the Kennedy Galleries transitioned into an art consulting firm.11<\/a><\/sup> \u201cKennedy Galleries to Close, Will Go On as Private Entity.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Illustrations<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cLondon & New York: George Bell & Sons \/ Wunderlich & Co.,\u201d 1905. Octavo. Parchment and printed boards.1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cLondon & New York: <\/span>George Bell & Sons \/ Wunderlich & Co.,\u201d<\/span> 1905. Octavo. Parchment and printed boards.12<\/a><\/sup> \u201cLondon & New York: George Bell & Sons \/ Wunderlich & Co., 1905, Octavo, Parchment and printed boards,\u201d William Reese Company, online.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Little Venice from Venice, 1880, Etching.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

James Abbott McNeill Whistler<\/span>, Little Venice from Venice, <\/span><\/i>1880, Etching.13<\/a><\/sup> \u201cJames Abbott McNeill Whistler: Little Venice from Venice: Twelve Etchings (First Venice Set) (1880),\u201d Artsy, May 2019, online. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Date Written: <\/b>March 7, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Contributors: <\/b>CC<\/span><\/p>\n

H.Wunderlich & Company Gallery Bio PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Primary Sources<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cH. Wunderlich & Company\/Kennedy & Company Stock Books, 1879-1915.\u201d <\/span>Archives of\u00a0<\/span><\/i>American Art, Smithsonian Institution<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>www.aaa.si.edu\/collections\/h-wunderlich–companykennedy–company-stock-books-10382<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJames Abbott McNeill Whistler: <\/span>Little Venice from Venice<\/span><\/i>: Twelve Etchings (First Venice Set)<\/span>\u00a0(1880).\u201d Artsy, May 2019. <\/span>https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artwork\/james-abbott-mcneill-whistler-little-venice-from-venice-twelve-etchings-first-venice-set<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLondon & New York: <\/span>George Bell & Sons \/ Wunderlich & Co.,<\/span> 1905. Octavo. Parchment and\u00a0<\/span>printed boards.\u201d William Reese Company, Accessed April 12, 2020. <\/span>https:\/\/www.williamreesecompany.com\/pages\/books\/WRCLIT81053\/james-m-whistler-thomas-r-way\/mr-whistlers-lithographs-the-catalogue<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondary Sources:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Kinsella, Eileen. \u201cKennedy Galleries to Close, Will Go On as Private Entity.\u201d ARTnews.\u00a0<\/span>August 6, 2012. <\/span>https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/kennedy-galleries-to-close-will-go-on-as-private-entity-2068\/<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Petri, Grischka. <\/span>Arrangement in Business the Art Markets and the Career of James McNeill\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Whistler<\/span><\/i>. Hildesheim: Olms, 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tyre, William. \u201cHermann Wunderlich – The Story of a House.\u201d <\/span>Glessner House<\/span><\/i>, 5 Aug. 2019,\u00a0<\/span>www.glessnerhouse.org\/story-of-a-house\/tag\/Hermann+Wunderlich<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUniversity of Glasgow.\u201d The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler: Search for\u00a0<\/span>Exhibitions. Accessed April 6, 2020. <\/span>https:\/\/www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk\/correspondence\/exhibit\/<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUniversity of Glasgow.\u201d The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler: The Correspondence.<\/span>\u00a0Accessed April 6, 2020. <\/span>https:\/\/www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk\/correspondence\/biog\/display\/?bid=Wund_H<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWunderlich, Gerold & Co.\u201d <\/span>Antiques & Fine Art – Wunderlich, Gerold & Co. – Inventory<\/span><\/i>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>www.antiquesandfineart.com\/dealers\/inventory.cfm?id=2483<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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