Discover painter, art collector, art critic Albert Eugene Gallatin

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Qualifications: painter, art collector, art critic, art expert, archaeologist, banker
started collecting art in 1899; founder of the Gallery of Living Art (later renamed the Museum of Living Art), the first museum in the United States dedicated solely to modern art; it was closed in 1943; Gallatin donated the collection to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1952

Nationality/school: American

Born: Villanova (Pennsylvania) 1881-07-23/1882

Deceased: New York City 1952-06-15

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: great-grandchild of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)

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2 hits in RKDimages as artist
4 hits in RKDimages as provenance
2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
4 hits in RKDlibrary as author

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Period of activity: 1899 - 1943

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New York City
trustee for New York University

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Literature in RKDLibrary: 2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
4 hits in RKDlibrary as author

Documentation RKD

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Archive location: archief Joop Joosten
Project: Mondrian Edition project

External links: Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America (research.frick.org)
Dictionary of Art Historians

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Creation date: 1991-12-15; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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