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Pearlman, Henry, 1895- print view role Collector dates 1895-1974 city New York City state NY sex M historical notes Collector of impressionist and post-impressionist art, businessman, and president of Eastern Cold Storage Insulation Corporation. Henry Pearlman (1895-1974), a lifelong resident of New York City, rose through the ranks of the business world to found his own company, Eastern Cold Storage, in 1919. In 1925, Henry married Rose. Pearlman began buying some paintings of a sort he found "decorative, but neither provocative or moving." In 1943, he purchased a landscape by Chaim Soutine, the first piece in what would become a noted collection of Post-Impressionist works. Over the next three decades, Pearlman acquired numerous works by such well-known artists as Soutine, Modigliani, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Renoir, Manet, Matisse, and Toulouse-Lautrec in addition to those of lesser-known artists. In the early 1950's, Pearlman began collecting Cezanne watercolors. These paintings would become the cornerstone of his collection and would be exhibited around the world. Pearlman died in 1974, leaving his wife, Rose to manage his collection until her death in 1994. From the mid-1970's, the Pearlman Collection has been on long-term loan to the Art Museum of Princeton. The Pearlmans founded the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation in the 1950's. Much of the Pearlmans' artwork is now officially owned by the Foundation. decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:23 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 Henry and Rose Pearlman papers, 1893-1995 (bulk 1950-1980). see details... The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway Records, Exhibition negatives: installations. 38 Post-Impressionist Works from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman. 1964. see details... The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway Records, Exhibition views: installations. Paintings, Watercolors, Sculpture and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman. 1974. see details... see also: Pearlman, Rose, 1901- «  back