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Bartlett, Frederic Clay, 1873-1953 print view role Collector Artist dates 1873-1953 city Beverly state MA other cities Chicago, IL; Concord, NH; Munich, Germany; Paris, France; Beverly, MA; sex M historical notes American painter and collector, 1873-1953, Bartlett was married three times; first to Dora Tripp (1879–1917) in 1898, second to Helen Louise Birch (1884–1925), in 1919, and finally Evelyn Fortune Bartlett (1888–1997), in 1931. He and his second wife, Helen Birch Bartlett, collected French Post-Impressionist and modernist art.. In 1926, Bartlett gave The Art Institute of Chicago a collection of Post-Impressionist paintings in memory of his second wife and collecting companion Helen Birch Bartlett. The Bartlett's collection included work by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Seurat. Other modern European artists included Vlaminck, Dufy, Herbin, Foujita, de la Fresnaye, Valadon, Dufresne, Marcoussis, Severini, and Pascin, Lotiron, Beaudin, Waroquier, Pruna, and Marmorek.. Among the few Americans represented in the collection were John Mann and Charles Demuth. Bartlett served on the Museum of Modern Art's board of directors as a trustee from 1929 to 1935, when he was elected an honorary trustee. Bartlett’s New York clubs included The Century, National Arts Club, and Coffee House. In Chicago Barlett’s clubs were Racquet, University, Cliff Dwellers, and Casino. decades of activity 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 National Portrait Gallery Library Smithsonian American Art Museum Artist file: Bartlett, Frederic Clay , 1873-1953 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries records, 1858-1969, bulk 1919-1968 see details... University of Virginia Autographs collected and letters received, A-N by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922). see details... University of Chicago, Library Special Collections Research Center Poetry: a magazine of verse : records, 1912-1961. see details... University of Chicago, Library Special Collections Research Center Harriet Monroe Papers, 1873-1944 (inclusive). see details... The Ryerson & Burnham Archives Art Institute of Chicago Miscellanea - Frederic Clay Bartlett. see details... University of Chicago, Library Special Collections Research Center Archival Biographical Files, circa 1890-2010 see details... see also: Bartlett, Helen Birch, 1884-1925 Bartlett, Evelyn Bartlett, Clay, 1907-1955 Bartlett, Florence Dibell, 1882-1954 Heard, Maie Bartlett, 1868-1951 «  back