"National Gallery of Art"

Samuel H. Kress male, deceased (1955): Lutheran, five and ten cent store, Business person in retailing, variety store, philanthropist, retailing magnate…Allentown Art Museum, NationalGalleryofArt, Art collector; Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863-September 22, 1955) was a businessman and philanthropist, founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent...

John Russell Pope male, deceased (1937): architect, Freemasonry, Yale University, Columbia University alumni, Vanderbilt family, american museum of natural history…NationalGalleryofArt, Temple of the Scottish Rite; John Russell Pope was an architect most known for his designs of the Jefferson Memorial (completed in 1943) and the West Building of the National...

Andrew W. Mellon male, deceased (1937): banker, NationalGalleryofArt, great depression, Andrew William Mellon, Scottish-American, From Pittsburgh…Art collector, secretary of the treasury, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Ambassador of the United States; Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 - August 27, 1937) was an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the...

Ailsa Mellon-Bruce female, deceased (1969): NationalGalleryofArt, Grants, paul, fortune magazine, fortune, wealthiest american…United States Secretary of the Treasury, Art collector; Ailsa Mellon Bruce (June 28 1901 - August 25, 1969), born in Pittsburgh, was the daughter of the banker and diplomat Andrew W. Mellon. Mellon-Bruce...

William Merritt Chase male, deceased (1916): painter, impressionist painter, American, from Indiana, Impressionism, Art Students League…NationalGalleryofArt, Georgia Museum of Art, Society of American Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum of Art; William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916) was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher.

Thomas Sully male, deceased (1872): painter, Horncastle, NationalGalleryofArt, From lincolnshire, English, marquis de lafayette; Thomas Sully (June 19, 1783 - November 5, 1872) was a well-known American (English-born) painter, mostly of portraits.

J. Carter Brown male: American, Art historian, NationalGalleryofArt, U.S. National Gallery of Art; John Carter Brown (October 8, 1934 - June 17, 2002), director of the U.S. National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and a leading figure in...

Robert Motherwell male, deceased (1991): printmaker, art criticism, Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, Harvard University, New York artist, art history…Doctor of Philosophy, United States National Medal of Arts recipient, Visual arts of the United States, Otis Art Institute, NationalGalleryofArt; Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 -July 16, 1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the youngest of...

Joseph E. Widener male, deceased (1943): Josephine P. Widener, Josephine "Fifi" Pancoast Widener, French racehorse owners and breeder, American racehorse owners and breeder, Belmont Park, philanthropist…Art collector, NationalGalleryofArt, University of Pennsylvania; Joseph Early Widener (August 19, 1871 - October 26, 1943) was a wealthy American art collector who was a founding benefactor of the National...

Nicholas Penny male, 60 years old: Oxford University, London Review of Books, Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Slade Professor of Fine Art, The Burlington Magazine…Courtauld Institute of Art, Madonna of the Pinks, Duke of Northumberland, National Gallery, London, art history; Nicholas Penny (born 1949) is a British art historian. Penny studied at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and at the Courtauld Institute of Art in...

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