Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America

Brimmer, Martin, 1829-1896 print view role Collector dates 1829-1896 city Boston state MA sex M historical notes Brimmer was a collector and first president of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Sarah Wyman Whitman was a Boston painter and patron of the arts, born in Baltimore in 1842. She died in Boston in 1904. According to The Art Treasures of America, Brimmer owned works by J. Constable, J. S. Copley, N. Diaz, Agnolo Di. Donnino, F. Duveneck, J. L. Hamon, W. M. Hunt, H. Leroux, G. Michel, J. F. Millet, Gilbert Stuart, and F. Zuccarelli. decades of activity 1850-1860 1860-1870 1870-1880 1890-1900 1890-1900 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:28 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Martin Brimmer letters, 1880-1896. see details... Harvard University Archives Pusey Library, Harvard Yard Papers of Martin Brimmer. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Isabella Stewart Gardner papers, 1760-1956. see details... Harvard University Archives Pusey Library, Harvard Yard Letter from M. Brimmer to E.W. Hooper, 1894 August 22. see details... «  back