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Loeser, Charles A. print view role Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert dates 1864-1928 city Florence other cities Paris, France; New York, NY; Cambridge, MA; country Italy 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. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:30 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 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... «  back