Blaffer, Sarah C. |
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role
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Collector Patron |
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dates
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1885-1975 |
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city
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Houston |
| state | TX | | other cities | Waxahachie, TX; Lampasas, TX; Boston, MA; |
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sex
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F |
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historical notes
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Sarah Blaffer Campbell was a collector, patron, and philanthropist who established the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation in 1964. She was married to Robert Lee Blaffer (1876-1942) the founder of Humble Oil Company in Texas.
The Blaffer collection includes works by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Longhi, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, and Jean-Baptiste Oudry.
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decades
of activity | 1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
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| website | http://www.mfah.org/art/departments/Sarah-Campbell-Blaffer-Foundation/ |
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02/14/2025 10:12:25 |
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Archives/Repository |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Oral history interview with Jane Blaffer Owen |
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Harvard Art Museum Archives
32 Quincy Street |
Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006 |
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| see also:
Owen, Jane Blaffer
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