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- Joseph Henry Gest (24 April 1859 – 26 June 1935) was an American artist and art administrator who served as the director of the Cincinnati Art Museum (1902–1929) and president of the Rookwood Pottery Company (1914–1934). As the museum's second director, Gest in his nearly 30-year tenure oversaw a massive expansion of the museum's gallery space, the hiring of its first professional art librarian, and the beginning of its print department. He worked closely with the collector Mary Emery to greatly expand the museum's holdings of European paintings, and forged partnerships with local schools and businesses. At Rookwood, Gest adopted a more hands-off approach, opting to continue the policies of his predecessor William Watts Taylor. While successful at first, this led to problems when Rookwood encountered financial difficulties and Gest proved unable to adapt. Some historians of Rookwood have criticized Gest's handling of the company. An artist of some ability in his own right, Gest was too preoccupied by his responsibilities elsewhere to devote much time to his art until retirement, when he painted a large number of landscapes, mostly in pastel. (en)
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- Cincinnati, Ohio, US (en)
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- Portrait of Gest by Frank Duveneck (en)
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- Cincinnati, Ohio, US (en)
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- Artist, art administrator (en)
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- The museum gives fully half its space to applied arts, accumulating collections of art objects helpful to the metal worker, to the potter, to the weaver of textiles, the carver of ornaments and in general the designer and decorator. It recognizes the cultural value of the work of the artisan. It urges upon him the dignity of his profession even alongside the paintings and sculptures which to many are the beginning and end of art. It preaches in all its galleries the unity of art, that each manifestation of beauty is but a different expression of the same truth. (en)
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- Joseph Henry Gest (24 April 1859 – 26 June 1935) was an American artist and art administrator who served as the director of the Cincinnati Art Museum (1902–1929) and president of the Rookwood Pottery Company (1914–1934). At Rookwood, Gest adopted a more hands-off approach, opting to continue the policies of his predecessor William Watts Taylor. While successful at first, this led to problems when Rookwood encountered financial difficulties and Gest proved unable to adapt. Some historians of Rookwood have criticized Gest's handling of the company. (en)
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