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Loeser, Charles A.

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role Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert
dates 1864-1928
city Florence
other citiesParis, France; New York, NY; Cambridge, MA;
countryItaly
sex M
historical notes Charles Alexander Loeser was and art collector, critic, Italian and French art expert, and the son of Frederick Loesser, the founder of the Brooklyn department store.

Loeser bequeathed a portion his collection to the Fogg Art museum at Harvard University (262 old master drawings); 8 Cézanne paintings to the United states, two of which were on view in the Green room of the White house in 1961; and the rest of the collection was left to the city of Florence and housed at the Torri Gattaia (Old master paintings removed from the Torri Gattaia were sold at Sotheby's, London, on 9 December 1959).

He and his family, wife, Olga Liebert Loeser and daughter, Matilda Sofia Loeser, had lived in Florence from 1997 and at the time of Loeser’s death in 1928.
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
Harvard University Archives
Pusey Library, Harvard Yard
Letters from William James and George Santayana to Charles Alexander Loeser, 1886-1912 and undated. see details...
Harvard Art Museum Archives
32 Quincy Street
Edward Waldo Forbes Papers, 1867-2005. see details...
Harvard Art Museum Archives
32 Quincy Street
Paul J. Sachs Papers, 1903-2005. see details...
Harvard Art Museum Archives
32 Quincy Street
Harvard Art Museum. Exhibition Records, 1905-2008. see details...