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Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 print view role Collector dates 1893-1943 city Grosse Pointe Shores state MI other cities Detroit, MI; sex M historical notes Edsel Bryant Ford was an art collector, patron, and president of Ford Motor Company, 1919-1943. Together with his wife, née Eleanor Lowthian Clay (1896-1976, m. 1916), he formed an art collection. The Ford collection included work by, among others, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, Diego Rivera, Odilon Redon, Fra Angelico, and Frans Hals. Most of the art work from the collection was given to the Detroit Institute of Art. decades of activity 1920-1930 1930-1940 website http://www.fordhouse.org/ updated 10/31/2024 13:33:18 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Edsel B. Ford office papers, 1903-1945 (bulk 1920-1940) see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Edsel Ford Automotive Scrapbook series, 1911-1925. see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Audio speeches series, 1938-1943. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Clifford Wight papers relating to Diego Rivera, 1929-1990. see details... Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections Research Center Clifford Wight Collection relating to Diego Rivera, 1929-1941. see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Henry Ford Farms records, 1909-1950 (bulk 1922-1948) see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Clarence W. Olmstead records series, 1915-1954 (bulk 1936-1940) see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford William John Cameron records subgroup, 1896-1951 (bulk 1935-1945) see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford History of Ford Motor Company in photographs collection, ca. 1964-1965. see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Personal files series, 1927-1944. see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Correspondence series, 1919-1945. see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Subject file series, 1921-1942. see details... Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford Financial records series, 1903-1942. see details... see also: Ford, Eleanor, 1896- «  back