Taft, Charles Phelps, 1843-1929

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role

Collector Patron

dates

1843-1929

city

Cincinnati

state

OH

sex

M

historical notes

collector, patron of the arts, philanthropist, lawyer, financier, and founder of the Taft Museum of Art, publisher, and owner of the Cincinnati Times Star.

Taft owned work by Corot, Millet, Meissonier, Rembrandt, Gainsboroght, Frank Duveneck, van Dyck, Hals, Steen, Hobbema, Goya, Reynolds, and Rousseau in addition to a collection of Chinese porcelains.

The Tafts gave 690 works from their home and private collections to Cincinnati Art Institute in 1927.

After extensive remodeling and updating, the Baum-Longworth-Taft House opened as the Taft Museum in 1932.

decades
of activity

1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930

website

http://www.taftmuseum.org

updated

10/31/2024 13:33:17

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	August Jaccaci papers, 1889-1935 (bulk 1904-1914).	see details...
Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives	Anson Phelps Stokes family papers, 1761-1960 (inclusive), 1892-1958 (bulk).	see details...