Terra, Daniel J., 1911-1996 |
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Collector |
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1911-1996 |
city
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Chicago |
state | IL | other cities | Washington, DC; Vernon, France; |
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M |
historical notes
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Daniel Terra was an art collector, patron, and businessman, and founder Lawter Chemicals (Chicago, 1940). In 1978 he established the Terra Foundation for American Art. He was also the founder of two museums of American art, one in Giverny, France, and the other in Illinois.
He was appointed Ambassador–at–Large for Cultural Affairs- a position created specifically for him by President Reagan and one that he held from 1982 to 1988.
The Terra Foundation's collection of American art spans the colonial era through 1945 and includes more than seven hundred paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, and sculptures.
The collection featured work by such artists as George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, John Singleton Copley, Stuart Davis, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Maurice Prendergast, James McNeill Whistler, and Samuel F. B. Morse.
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decades of activity | 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000
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website | http://www.terraamericanart.org |
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The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives |
Artist file: Terra, Daniel, d. 1996; miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
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Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Oral history interview with Raymond J. Horowitz, 2004 Oct. 20- Nov. 5.
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