Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i001.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i002.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i003.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i004.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i005_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i006_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i007_bw_SLl5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i008_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i009_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i010_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i011_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i012_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i013_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i014_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: CTX_E1982i015_bw_SL5.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: EDU_E1982i001.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: EDU_E1982i002.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: EDU_E1982i003.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: EDU_E1982i004.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: EDU_E1982i005.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James, October 16, 1982 through January 16, 1983 (Image: EDU_E1982i006.jpg Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1982)
Genius of Charles James
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October 16, 1982
On the occasion of the forthcoming exhibition, The Genius of Charles James, the Art School is offering fashion illustration courses in the Adult and High School Programs. These courses will offer students experience in expanding their drawing skills and techniques beyond the Life Drawing class.
Working from live fashion models, in leotard and clothes, the students explore basic anatomy, proportions of the model in relation to proportions of clothes, body movement and gesture, and silhouette emphasis. In addition to exercises pertaining to action poses, hand and leg studies, fashion details and accessory drawings, the class will have sketch sessions in the gallery where they will draw directly from the James collection.
In addition, these students will benefit from the opportunity of being able to examine the Museum’s holdings of over two hundred James sketches for sportswear, evening and street attire.
At the end of the course, an exhibition of student work will be scheduled in the Art School’s “Little Gallery”.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1971 - 1988. 1982, 017.
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October 16, 1982
The Genius of Charles James, which opened at The Brooklyn Museum on October 16, has had its original closing date of January 16 extended to Sunday, February 13. Due to the exhibitions enthusiastic reception by the press, fashion students and public alike, the decision was made to prolong its stay at The Brooklyn Museum.
The Genius of Charles James is the first major retrospective exhibition of over 50 creations by one of America’s foremost couturiers of the 1930’s, 40’s, and 50’s.
This exhibition was made possible with the aid of grants from The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a Federal agency.
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Traveling to Chicago -- April 29th through Sept. 18th
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1971 - 1988. 1982, 012.
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October 16, 1982
“The Genius of Charles James”, a retrospective exhibition of over 50 creations by one of America’s foremost couturiers of the 1930’s, 40’s, and 50’s, will be on view at The Brooklyn Museum from October 16 through January 16, 1983.
The nucleus of the exhibition is provided by The Brooklyn Museum’s own James collection, the richest in the world. Additional garments and accessories have been drawn from an international array of patrons, individual collectors and institutions. James attracted to his salons such diverse clients as Millicent Rogers, Elizabeth Arden, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Dame Alicia Markova, Gypsy Rose Lee, Mrs. John de Menil, Jennifer Jones, Elsa Peretti, Lee Krasner, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Irene Castle, Mme. Salvador Dali, Doris Duke, Toni Frissell and Mrs. Harrison Williams. His most productive years spanned the 1930’s through the 1950’s. To be fitted for a Charles James gown was not merely to be measured; it was to be educated in how to walk, sit or dance in harmony with the garment. The garments will be displayed on special mannequins so that the clarity of line and visual honesty that were James’ trademark will be unmistakable.
To accompany the exhibition the Museum will publish “The Genius of Charles James”, a 176 page book with 422 illustrations, 25 of which are in color. (Paperback $15.95. Hardcover edition distributed by Holt, Rinehart & Winston at $22.50.)
The book, by The Brooklyn Museum’s curator of Costumes and Textiles, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, will include memoirs of James’ life and working habits complemented by essays by his friends and clients Bill Cunningham, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr. and Anne, Countess of Rosse. This catalog-raisonne of James’ work will document over 600 designs created during his 45-year career. This is the first effort of its kind, and one which should serve as a prototype for future studies of the art of couture.
This exhibition was made possible with the aid of grants from The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a Federal agency.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1971 - 1988. 1982, 018-19.
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