Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943

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role

Collector

dates

1872-1943

city

Philadelphia

state

PA

other cities

Chantilly, France; Frankfort, KY;

sex

M

historical notes

Joseph Early Widener was an art collector and businessman. He was one of three sons of Peter Arrell Brown Widener (1834-1915) and his wife Hannah Josephine Dunton (c.1836-1896).

He was married to Ella Pancoast (d. 1929) of Philadelphia and had two children, Peter A.B. Widener, II and Josephine (Fifi), later Mrs. Aksel Wichfeld.

The Widener’s collection included paintings, sculpture, decorative art and porcelains. The heart of the collection was established by P. A. B. Widener, enhanced by Joseph and was housed at the Widener estate, Lynnewood Hall, until it was donated by Joseph to the National Gallery in 1942.

decades
of activity

1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Joseph E. Widener letter, 1923.	see details...
National Gallery of Art, Library 2000B South Club Drive	Rembrandt drawings.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964	see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Paintings in the collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall.	see details...
Widener University Archives Wolfgram Memorial Library	Widener Family History	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	American Art Association Records, circa 1853-1929, bulk 1885-1922	see details...
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway	Artist file: Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943.	see details...
National Gallery of Art, Library 2000B South Club Drive	David E. Finley Papers, 1915-1977	see details...
Keeneland Association Library	John C. Hemment Photographic collection, 1885-1908.	see details...
National Gallery of Art	Oral history interview with Agnes Mongan, 1989 June 21.	see details...
National Gallery of Art	Oral history interview with Noel Smith, 1990 August 23.	see details...
National Gallery of Art	Oral history interview with Edith Appleton Standen,f1989 Dec. 1.	see details...
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library and Archives	Papers of William J. Collins, 1902-1958.	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...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives	Langdon Warner Records, 1917-1923	see details...