Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Brimmer, Martin, 1829-1896 |
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Collector
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1829-1896 |
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Boston |
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historical notes
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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
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1860-1870
1870-1880
1890-1900
1890-1900
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Archives of American Art |
Martin Brimmer letters, 1880-1896. |
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Harvard University Archives |
Papers of Martin Brimmer. |
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Archives of American Art |
Isabella Stewart Gardner papers, 1760-1956. |
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Harvard University Archives |
Letter from M. Brimmer to E.W. Hooper, 1894 August 22. |
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