2009/06/01 by Laura Morowitz · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Central European and Russian historical studies #European Political History Analysis #Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies #Passion #Exhibition #Painting #Depiction #Art #Art history #Empire #Period (music) #Performance art #Visual arts #History #Ancient history #Aesthetics #Psychology
paper · doi:10.1080/00043079.2009.10786164
openalex publication_date 2009/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
In late-nineteenth-century America, the Hungarian artist Mihály Munkácsy's Christ before Pilate and Christ on Golgotha enjoyed a phenomenal success, praised by critics, scholars, and ministers; thirty-five thousand Americans bought copies of the works to hang in their homes, schools, offices, and churches and millions viewed them in traveling exhibitions. John Wanamaker, the founder of what was arguably the most important department store empire at the turn of the century, bought the originals and displayed them in his store. The story of these paintings in the United States illuminates the confluence of business, art, and religion in this period.