| Widener, P. A. B. (Peter Arrell Brown), 1834-1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1834-1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| city | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| state | PA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Widener was an art collector and Philadelphia businessman. He served as Philadelphia City Treasurer (1873), founding organizer of U.S. Steel and the American Tobacco Company. Widener’s collection included paintings by Rembrandt as well as works by then new artists Edouard Manet and Auguste Renoir. Widener lent the following artwork to the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909: Winter Scene - Jan van Capelle Portrait of a Man - Frans Hals Isabella Coymans- Frans Hals Woman and Child in Courtyard - Pieter de Hooch The Bedroom - Pieter de Hooch The Cottage Dooryard - Adriaen van Ostade The Halt - Isack van Ostade Saskia - Rembrandt Portrait of Himself - Rembrandt A Philosopher - Rembrandt Winter near Haarlem - Salomon van Ruysdael The Dancing Couple - Jan Steen The Merrymakers - Jan Steen |
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| decades | 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 |
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| updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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