Scholz, János

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role

Collector Patron

dates

1903-1993

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Sopron, Hungary; Budapest, Hungary;

sex

M

historical notes

A cellist, art collector and benefactor of the Pierpont Morgan Library. He was married to the former Helen Marshall Schelling.

Scholz collected old master drawings, 1350-1800. He donated 1,500 Italian drawings to the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1973. They included drawings by drawings by Pisanello, Veronese, Titian, Guercino, and Piranesi.

Scholz also collected photographs and donated his collection of nearly 5,000 photographs to the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame.

decades
of activity

1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990

updated

10/31/2024 13:33:17

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Columbia University Libraries Butler Library, 6th Fl. East,	Reminiscences of Janos Scholz : oral history, 1982.	see details...
Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies	The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives)	see details...