Title	Otto Grundmann's studio.
Link to library catalog	http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=396871
Date	[1890].
Physical description	1 photographic print on card mount ; print 24.9 x 35.2 cm., mount 40.7 x 50.7 cm.
Summary	Interior view of a studio belonging to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The studio is decorated for a memorial service for the painter Otto Grundmann who headed the MFA's School of Drawing and Painting from 1877 to 1890. Ferns, cattails, and garlands of evergreens adorn the room and Grundmann's paintings are displayed including his self-portrait and A Union Veteran. Seated in the entrance to a smaller room is an unidentified man. Grundmann took a medical leave of absence from his position at the MFA in June of 1890. He died and was buried in Germany in August 1890. A memorial service was held in Boston on the weekend of November 22nd, 1890. This photograph was taken either just before or just after the event. The studio depicted was owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and located directly behind the MFA's Copley Square building. The studio, previously owned by painter and teacher, Frederick Crowinshield, was purchased by the MFA in 1886. Grundmann's painting classes were held in the studio but, contrary to the photograph's inscribed title, the room was probably not Grundmann's private studio. At Grundmann's memorial service, the MFA committed itself to building a new bank of studios in his name. The well-known Grundmann Studios were built in the early 1890s on Clarendon Street, a block away from the studio depicted in this photograph. Memorial service described in the Boston Evening Transcript, November 24, 1890, page 4. Photographer unknown. Title inscribed in ink lower edge of mount. #2002.21.
Subject(s)	Grundmann, Otto, 1844-1890. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School--History--Pictorial works.
Genre terms	Photographs--United States--1890-1900.
Location	Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) (photo) C B64B6 Stu.1890
Source	451_83.tif
Rights	Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46