Background
Eisler, Colin Tobias was born on March 17, 1931 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of George Bernard and Kate Minden (Basseches) Eisler. came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946.
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In 1765, Catherine the Great began to collect paintings of the highest quality for political as well as aesthetic reasons . Her collection was the seed that grew into one of the greatest museums in the world . Never before has such a vast number of works from this magnificent collection been published in one volume.
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Where is the best place to be on a wintry evening? Cats know--in front of a warm fireplace. Where is the milk the freshest and the mice the most plump? Cats know, just as they know best how to groom themselves, take care of their kittens, and more. "Enchanting illustrations. A cat-lover's delight".--Kirkus Reviews. Full-color throughout.
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THE SEEING HAND includes an exceptional selection of drawings by European and American masters, spanning eight centuries. The drawings are grouped by categories - PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPE, FIGURES, ALLEGORY, MYTH AND FANTASY, RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS, GENRE, STILL LIFE, and ARCHITECTURE. Over 300 illustrations in color and sepia. Informative commentary by Colin Eisler. First American edition. New York: Harper and Row. 1975. 263 pages.
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Early Netherlandish Painting will be equally welcome to the art lover , the museum and the reference library, giving access to the last major collection early Netherlandish painting to remain in private posession. It includes over forty masterpieces by Robert Campin, Petrus Chritus, Jacques Daret, Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling and Rogier van der Weyden. The collection is also rich in works by the painters of the new generation of the early 16th century. An extensive introduction to the period precedes the catalogue of 43 paintings by masters including Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Robert Campin and Hans Memling. A very substantial introduction by Colin Eisler illuminates the background to early Netherlandish art and traces its development through the paintings. The extensively illustrated catalogue was prepared with the collaboration of graduate students at the Intsitute of Fine Arts, New York. Dr Emil Bosshardt, Conservator at the Villa Favorita, and Elizabeth Ardrery contribute to the paintings' technical examination. Infra-red reflectography has been used to examine each work and the results are published alongside the finished painting.
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Eisler, Colin Tobias was born on March 17, 1931 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of George Bernard and Kate Minden (Basseches) Eisler. came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946.
He studied at Oxford from 1952 to 1953, then completed his masters degree at Harvard University the following year. Eisler received his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard in 1957, and spent the following year as a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
Instructor art, Yale University, 1955-1956;
assistant professor, Yale University, 1956-1957;
curator department print and drawings, Yale University, 1955-1957;
fellow, Saybrook College
member of faculty, Harvard University, summer 1956;
member of faculty, New York University Institute Fine Arts, 1958-1960;
assistant professor, New York University Institute Fine Arts, 1960-1965;
associate professor to professor, New York University Institute Fine Arts, 1965-1970;
Robert Lehman professor art, New York University Institute Fine Arts, since 1977;
research curator paintings department, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1958-1960;
senior fellow center for advanced study in the visual arts, National Gallery of Art, 1987-1988. Past member visiting committee Smith College Art Museum, Wellesley College Art Museum. Secretary National Committee History of Art, 1958-1992.
Executive member Comité International pour l'histoire de l'art. Fellow Institute Advanced Study, 1957-1958. Distinguished visiting professor George Washington University, 1987-1988, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1992.
Member of advisory/selection committee American Academy in Berlin.
( Early Netherlandish Painting will be equally welcome to...)
(In 1765, Catherine the Great began to collect paintings o...)
(THE SEEING HAND includes an exceptional selection of draw...)
(Where is the best place to be on a wintry evening? Cats k...)
Member exbn. committee Jewish Museum, 1990-1993, Cooper-Hewitt Visiting Committee, International Center for Photography, 1988-1994. Jewish monuments committee World Monuments Commission. Member College Art Association (director 1958-1961), Renaissance Society of America (board directors since 1995), Drawing Center (board directors since 1975).
Clubs: Elizabethan.
Married Benita J. Blitzer, 1960. 1 child, Rachel.