| Root, Edward Wales, -1956 | |||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1884-1956 | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | Clinton | ||||||||||||||||||
| state | NY | ||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | New York, NY; Washington, DC; | ||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | ||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Edward Wales Root was an art collector and instructor who lived in Clinton, N.Y. He was married to Grace Cogswell Root (1891-1975) taught art at Hamilton College and was the son of Elihu Root. Roots collection largely included work by the American avant-garde and included work of his contemporaries such as, Charles Demuth (1883-1935), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Jackson Pollock (1912-56), Maurice B. Prendergast (1858-1924) and Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) among others. In 1957, along with his personal art library, he left 227 paintings by 80 American artists to the Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute. |
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| decades | 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 |
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| website | http://www.mwpai.org | ||||||||||||||||||
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