Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Fitzgerald, Desmond, 1846-1926 |
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Collector Patron
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1846–1926 |
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city
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Brookline |
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historical notes
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Art patron, art collector, and engineer; Brookline, Mass. Served on the boards of the Boston Public Library and of the Copley Society. In 1913, he arranged to have the Armory Show come to Boston.
His collection of mainly French and American impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, Dodge Macknight, and others became a kind of semi-public museum. Upon his death, the collection was sold at auction.
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decades
of activity | 1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
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Archives of American Art |
Desmond Fitzgerald papers, 1868-1930. |
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Archives of American Art |
Dodge Macknight papers, 1888-1950. |
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