Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America

F. Kleinberger Galleries (New York, N.Y.) Founded in Paris by Franz Kleinberger in 1848, the firm...	1848-1973	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Fabbri, Edith Shepard, 1872-1954 Edith Shepard Fabbri was a collector, the great-granddaughter of...	1872-1954	New York City	NY	Collector
Fackenthal, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1851-1941 Print collector, metallurgist, industrialist, businessman and historian of early iron...	1851-1941	Philadelphia	PA	Collector
Fahnestock, Harris C. (Harris Charles), 1835-1914 Harris Charles Fahnestock was a collector and banker of NYC...	1835-1914	New York City	NY	Collector
Faille, J.-B. de la (Jacob-Baart), 1886-1959 Jacob-Baart de la Faille was an art critic, lawyer...	1886-1959	Heemstede		Scholar/Critic/Expert
Fales, Samuel Bradford Samuel Bradford Fales was in the importing and commission business...	1808-1880	Philadelphia	PA	Collector
Faure, Patricia, 1928- Patricia Faure was an art Dealer, photographer and fashion photographer...	1928-2008	Las Angeles	CA	Dealer/Gallery
Fearing, Daniel B. (Daniel Butler), 1859-1918. Art collector and Mayor of Newport, RI...	1859-1918	Newport	RI	Collector
Felix Landau Gallery The Alan Gallery was established by Charles Alan in 1952...	1951-1970	Los Angeles	CA	Dealer/Gallery
Fell, J. Gillingham (Joseph Gillingham), 1816-1878 According to The Art Treasures of America, Fell owned works...	1816-1878	Philadephia	PA	Collector
Fendrick Gallery Art gallery; Washington, D.C. Owned by Barbara Fendrick. Specialized in...	1960-1991	Washington	DC	Dealer/Gallery
Fenollosa, Ernest, 1853-1908 In addition to being a collector, Ernest Francisco Fenollosa was...	1853-1908	Boston	MA	Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert
Ferargil Galleries Commercial art gallery; New York, N.Y. Founded by Frederic Newlin...	1915-1955	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930 Jean Leon Gerome Ferris was a collector and American Historical...	1863-1930	Philadelphia	PA	Collector Artist
Ferris, Stephen James, 1835-1915 Stephen James Ferris was a Philadelphia portrait painter and etcher...	1835-1915	Philadelphia	PA	Collector Artist
Ferry, W. Hawkins Art collector; Michigan. Born 1914...	1914-	Detroit	MI	Collector
Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.) The Ferus Gallery was a Los Angeles Art Gallery which...	1957-1966	Los Angeles	CA	Dealer/Gallery
Ffoulke, Charles M. Charles Mather Ffoulke was a wool manufacturer, collector, art critic...	1841-1909	Washington	DC	Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert Dealer/Gallery
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 Arthur Davison Fick was an art collector, lawyer, authority on...	1883-1945	Hillsdale	NY	Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert
Ficke, Charles August Ficke's gift of 334 paintings to the City of Davenport...	1850-1931	Davenport	IA	Collector
Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892 Cyrus W. Field was an entrepreneur, art collector, patron and...	1819-1892	New York City	NY	Collector Patron
Field, Delia Caton, 1854-1937 Delia Spencer Caton Field was an art collector and the...	1854-1937	Chicago	IL	Collector Patron
Field, Marshall, 1834-1906 Chicago art patron and collector, Marshall Field, was a real...	1834-1906	Chicago	IL	Collector Patron
Field, Marshall, 1893-1956 Marshall Field was an art collector, investment banker, Publisher (Newspaper...	1893-1956	New York City	NY	Collector Patron
Field, William B. Osgood William Bradhurst Osgood Field (1870-1949) and his family were prominent...	1870-1949	New York City	NY	Collector
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries (New York, N.Y.) New York art gallery operating out of 546 Fifth Avenue...	1894-1906	New York City	NY	Auction_House
Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms New York auction house located at 341 Fourth Avenue...		New York City	NY	Auction_House
Fifth Avenue Gallery Art gallery; Fort Worth, Texas. Founded in 1960 by Pauline...	1960-1966	Fort Worth	TX	Dealer/Gallery
Findlay, Wally, 1903–1996 Walstein "Wally" Chester Findlay, Jr. was a New York City...	1903-1996	Palm Beach	FL	Dealer/Gallery
Fine Arts Associates Otto Gerson (1902–1962) and Ilse Goehler (m. 1939), New...	1933-1980	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Firma D. Sala & Zoonen Frame maker and dealer, established 1825 in Leiden. At the...	1825-1935	Leiden		Dealer/Gallery
Fischbach Gallery Art gallery, New York, N.Y. Operated by Aladar Marberger. Founded...	1954-1978	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Fischbach, Marilyn Art dealer, founded the Manhattan Gallery on Madison Avenue at...	1931-2003	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Fish, Stuyvesant, 1851-1923 Collector, railroad president and businessman. The Fish collection included tapestries...	1851-1923	New York City	NY	Collector
Fisher, Elizabeth Holmes Elizabeth Holmes Fisher collected Dutch and Flemish masterworks from the...	1867-1955	Los Angeles	CA	Collector
Fitzgerald Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Art gallery; New York, N.Y. Owned by Edward Fitzgerald. Located...	1960-1966	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Fitzgerald, Desmond, 1846-1926 Art patron, art collector, and engineer; Brookline, Mass. Served on...	1846-1926	Brookline	MA	Collector Patron
Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913 Henry Morrison Flagler was a collector, patron, financier and owner...	1830-1913	St. Augustine	FL	Collector
Flandin, Pierre Pierre Flandin was a New York Nineteenth Century art dealer...	1781-1863	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Fleischman, Barbara Barbara G. Fleischman is a collector, art dealer, and philanthropist...		New York City	NY	Collector
Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997 Born in Detroit, MI, Lawrence Fleischman was an art collector...	1925-1997	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery Collector
Fletcher, Isaac Dudley, 1844-1917 President of Barrett Manufacturing Company, Fletcher Isaac Dudley was a...	1844-1917	New York City	NY	Collector
Florsheim, Harold M. Collector, businessman and heir to the Florsheim Shoe Company, Chicago...	1900-1987	Chicago	IL	Collector Patron
Florsheim, Sarabel Sarabel "Sue" Browarsky Florsheim was a collector, philanthropist and the...	1913-2004	Chicago	IL	Collector
Flynt, Henry Needham , 1893-1970 In 1920, Henry Needham Flynt married Helen Margaret Geier (1895-1986...	1893-1970	Deerfield	MA	Collector
Focus Gallery Photography gallery; San Francisco, Calif., founded by Helen Johnston in...	1966-1985	San Francisco	CA	Dealer/Gallery
Folsom Galleries The Folsom Gallery, aka Bauer-Folsom Galleries (1908–1909), was...	1911-1921	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969 Edward Waldo Forbes (1873-1969) was a scholar, collector, Director of...	1873-1969	Belmont	MA	Collector
Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 Edsel Bryant Ford was an art collector, patron, and president...	1893-1943	Grosse Pointe Shores	MI	Collector
Ford, Eleanor, 1896- Eleanor Clay Ford was an art collector, patron, and philanthropist...	1896-1976	Grosse Pointe Shores	MI	Collector Patron
Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891 Ford was a New York City lawyer, collector and Treasurer...	1823-1891	New York City	NY	Collector
Forum Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Art gallery, New York, N.Y. Directed by Bella Fishko, and...	1961-	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Fosburgh, James Whitney James "Jock" Whitney Fosburgh was an American painter, collector, and...	1910-1978	New York City	NY	Collector Artist
Fosburgh, Minnie Astor Mary "Minnie" Cushing Astor Fosburgh, nee Mary Benedict Cushing, was...	1906-1978	New York City	NY	Collector
Foster, A. W. (Arthur William), 1850-1930 Art collector, businessman and broker, a founder of the Mount...	1850-1930	Fairhills	CA	Collector
Foundry Maison-Leblanc-Barbidienne Centre d’accueil et de recherche des Archives nationales, Paris...	1912-1955	Paris		Dealer/Gallery
Fourcade, Droll, Inc. Fourcade, Droll, Inc. was a New York City art gallery...	1970-1976	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Fourcade, Xavier Xavier Fourcade was a French American art dealer. Son of...	1926-1987	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Fowles, Edward Edward Fowles was a New York City art dealer who...	1885-1971	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Foxley, William C. William "Bill" C. Foxely is an art collector, cattleman, industry...	1935-	La Jolla	CA	Collector
Fraad, Daniel Art collector and businessman...	1912-1987	New York City	NY	Collector
Fraad, Rita Art collector and patron of American art. She collected work...	1916-2004	New York City	NY	Collector
Francine Seders Gallery (Seattle, Wash.) Francine Seders (born 1932) was an assistant at the Otto...	1960-1974	Seattle	WA	Dealer/Gallery
Francis, Emily A., 1879-1966 Art gallery director; New York, N.Y...	1879-1966	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries Art gallery; New York, N.Y. Owned by Frank Knox Morton...	1858–1969	New York	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries Art gallery; New York, N.Y. Owned by Frank Knox Morton...	1858-1981	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Frank Perls Gallery Art dealer and gallery owner; Beverly Hills, California. Perls established...	1937-1977	Beverly Hills	CA	Dealer/Gallery
Franklin, Harry A. Harry A. Franklin was an African and Oceanic art collector...	1904-1983	Beverly Hills	CA	Collector Dealer/Gallery
Frans Buffa & sons Frans Buff & Sons (Frans Buffa & Zonen; François Buffa & Fils) was...	1845-1940?	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Fred Harvey (Firm) The Fred Harvey Company incorporated many facets of the hospitality...	1890-1910	Santa Fe	NM	Collector
Frederick Keppel & Co. Frederick Keppel & Co. was a firm founded in 1868, and...	1868-1940	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919 Charles Lang Freer was a Detroit industrialist, collector and founder...	1854-1919	Detroit	MI	Collector Patron
Frelinghuysen, Suzy Suzy Frelinghusen, nee Estelle Condit Frelinghuysen, was an art collector...	1911-1988	Pittsfield	MA	Artist Collector
French & Company (New York, N.Y.) French & Company was founded by Mitchell Samuels and Percy W...	1907-	New York City	NY	Dealer/Gallery
French, Herbert Greer, 1872-1942 Herbert Greer French was a print collector and the Vice...	1872-1942	Cincinnati	OH	Collector
Frew, William N., 1854-1915 William Nimick Frew was a Pittsburgh art collector, patron, Yale...	1854-1915	Pittsburgh	PA	Collector Patron
Frick, Frank F., 1857-1935 Frank F. Frick was a collector, founder of the Lyric...	1857-1935	Baltimore	MD	Collector
Frick, Helen Clay, 1888-1984 Helen Clay Frick, daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry...	1888-1984	New York City	NY	Collector
Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919 Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh coke and steel industrialist...	1849-1919	New York City	NY	Collector
Friede, John Philanthropists Marcia and John Friede collect New Guinea Art. The...		Rye	NY	Collector
Friedländer, Max J., 1867-1958 German art historian and museum director, who immigrated to Amsterdam...	1867-1958	Amsterdam		Scholar/Critic/Expert Collector
Friedsam, Michael, 1860?-1931 Colonel Friedsam was an art collector, philanthropist, and known for...	1860-1931	New York City	NY	Collector
Fronefield, Joseph M. Joseph M. Fronefield was a silver collector and businessman. J...	1862-1940	Wayne	PA	Collector
Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934 Roger Eliot Fry, art critic and artist, was born in...	1866-1934.	London		Scholar/Critic/Expert Artist
Frye, Charles, 1858-1940 Charles H. Frye and his wife, Emma, were art collectors...	1858-1940	Seattle	WA	Collector Patron
Frye, Emma (1860–1934) Emma Dorothea Lamp Frye and her husband, Charles, were art...	1860-1934	Seattle	WA	Collector Patron
Fuller, Alvan T. (Alvan Tufts), 1878-1958 Alvan Tufts Fuller was an art collector, businessman, philanthropist, Congressman...	1878-1958	Boston	MA	Collector
Fuller, Diana Burgess Editor, curator, and arts administrator, b. 1931, operated the Fuller...	1931-	San Francisco	CA	Dealer/Gallery
Fuller, William H., -1902 William H. Fuller was a lawyer, wallpaper manufacturer, art collector...	ca. 1843-1902	New York City	NY	Collector
Funk, Wilhelm Heinrich, 1886- Wilhelm Heinrich Funk was a portrait painter and collector. Funk...	1866-1949	New York City	NY	Collector Artist