| Creelman, Alice Buell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | Dealer/Gallery Collector Artist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1858-1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| city | New York City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| state | NY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | Marietta, OH; Paris, France; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sex | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Alice Leffingwell Buell Creelman was an art dealer and collector. She was married to the journalist James Creelman (1859 – 1915, m. Paris, 1891). Creelman sold several paintings to Henry Clay Frick including the following: - Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1477/1490 – 1576, Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap, 1516 (purchased in 1915) - Hans Holbein, the Younger, 1497/1498 – 1543, Thomas Cromwell, 1532– 1533 (purchased in 1915) - James McNeill Whistler, 1834 – 1903, Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland (purchased in 1917). - Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599 – 1641, Sir John Suckling (purchased in 1918) Creelman was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York. Creelman had four children: Edward Dunwoodie Creelman, 1892-1893; James Ashmore Creelman, 1894–1941 (playwright); Constance Alice Creelman, 1898–1982 (husband Harold Wood Huntley 1882–1955); Helen “Eileen” Buell Creelman Davenport, 1902–1975 (motion picture critic, husband Frederick Morgan Davenport Jr., 1900–1976). |
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| decades | 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 |
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| updated | 02/14/2025 10:12:24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| research links |
Search FRESCO (Frick Research Catalog Online) Search Worldcat Search Wikidata Entry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| see also | Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919
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