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Charles Lang Freer Medal

{{Short description|Medal awarded by the Smithsonian Institution}}

File:Tanaka Freer medal 1973.png honors Ichimatsu Tanaka by awarding the Fourth Charles Lang Freer medal in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 1973.]]

The Charles Lang Freer medal was established in 1956 by the Smithsonian Institution in honor of Charles Lang Freer, the founder of the Freer collection. The medal is conferred intermittently, honoring distinguished career contributions made by scholars in the history of art.

Recipients

  • First – Osvald Siren, February 15, 1956.Freer Gallery of Art. (1956). (1956). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!893726~!0#focus First presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, February 25, 1956;] [https://www.nytimes.com/1956/02/26/archives/swede-to-receive-first-freer-medal.html?sq=charles%2520lang%2520freer%2520medal&scp=1&st=cse "Swede to Receive First Freer Medal,"] New York Times. February 26, 1956.
  • Second – Ernst Kühnel, May 3, 1960.Freer Gallery of Art. (1960). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!893734~!0#focus Second presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, May 3, 1960.]
  • Third – Yashiro Yukio, September 15, 1965.Freer Gallery of Art. (1965). [http://collections.si.edu/search/redirect/?http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892892~!0#focus Third presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, September 15, 1965.]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Fourth – Tanaka Ichimatsu, May 2, 1973.Freer Gallery of Art. (1973). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892903~!0#focus Fourth presentation of the Charles Lang Freer Medal, May 2, 1973.]
  • Fifth – Laurence Sickman, September 11, 1973.Freer Gallery of Art. (1973). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892966~!0#focus Fifth presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, September 11, 1973.]
  • Sixth – Roman Ghirshman, January 16, 1974.Freer Gallery of Art. (1973). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892871~!0#focus Sixth presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, January 16, 1974.]
  • Seventh – Max Loehr, May 2, 1983.Freer Gallery of Art. (1983). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892977~!0#focus Seventh presentation of the Charles Lang Freer Medal, May 2, 1983.]
  • Eighth – Stella Kramrisch, 1985.
  • Ninth – Alexander Coburn Soper III, 1990.Soper, Alexander. (1990). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!872586~!0#focus A Case of Meaningful Magic.]
  • Tenth – Sherman Lee, 1998.Freer Gallery of Art. (1998). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892860~!0#focus Tenth Presentation of the Charles Lang Freer Medal, Sherman E. Lee.]
  • Eleventh – Oleg Grabar, 2001.PBS (WNET, New York): [http://www.thirteen.org/bigideas/about.html Oleg Grabar], [http://www.thirteen.org/bigideas/about.html Big Ideas,] TV program.
  • Twelfth – James F. Cahill, 2010.
  • Thirteenth – John M. Rosenfield, 2012.
  • Fourteenth – Jessica Rawson, 2017.{{Cite web | title=Dame Professor Jessica Rawson To Be Awarded the Charles Lang Freer Medal | url=http://www.asia.si.edu/press/2017/freer-medal.asp | date=19 May 2017 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615033249/http://www.asia.si.edu/press/2017/freer-medal.asp# | archive-date=2017-06-15 | url-status=dead }}
  • Fifteenth – Vidya Deheija, April 28, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Institution |first=Smithsonian |title=Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Awards Lifetime Achievement Medals for Contributions in Asian Art |url=https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonians-national-museum-asian-art-awards-lifetime-achievement-medals |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Smithsonian Institution |language=en}}
  • Sixteenth – Gülru Necipoğlu, October 27, 2023.

Notes

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References

  • Soper, Alexander. (1990). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!872586~!0#focus A Case of Meaningful Magic.] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • Freer Gallery of Art. (1960). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!866494~!0#focus The Charles Lang Freer medal, February 25, 1956.] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • __________. (1973). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892966~!0#focus Fifth presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, September 11, 1973.] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • __________. (1956). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!893726~!0#focus First presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, February 25, 1956.] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • __________. (1973). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892903~!0#focus Fourth presentation of the Charles Lang Freer Medal, May 2, 1973.] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • __________. (1960). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!893734~!0#focus Second presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, May 3, 1960.] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • __________. (1983). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892977~!0#focus Seventh presentation of the Charles Lang Freer Medal, May 2, 1983.] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • __________. (1974). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892871~!0#focus Sixth presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, January 16, 1974.] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • __________. (1998). [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892860~!0#focus Tenth Presentation of the Charles Lang Freer Medal, Sherman E. Lee.] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • __________. (1965). [http://collections.si.edu/search/redirect/?http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!892892~!0#focus Third presentation of the Charles Lang Freer medal, September 15, 1965.]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • Roades, Katharine N. (1960). [http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!3476~!0#focus "An Appreciation of Charles Lang Freer (1859-1919),"] Ars Orientalis. Vol. 2.

External links

  • Smithsonian: [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=15814 Freer medal, obverse image]; [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=15815 reverse image]

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