Vose Galleries of Boston

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role

Dealer/Gallery

dates

1841-

city

Boston

state

MA

other cities

Providence, RI;

sex

n/a

historical notes

Art gallery; Boston, Mass. Founded 1841 in Providence, R.I. by Ransom Hicks, and purchased by Joseph Vose in 1841.

In 1850, his son Seth Morton Vose joined the firm, and in 1855 became director. Primary business until late 1860s was frame making, gilding and art supplies. Began regularly exhibiting in Boston in 1882. Seth's son Robert C. Vose joined in 1896, and managed the Boston gallery from 1897. After Seth's death in 1910, the Providence gallery closed, and Robert and his brother Nathaniel ran the gallery, along with their nephew W. Charles Thompson, under the name R.C. & N.M. Vose.

In 1924, the name changed to Robert C. Vose Galleries, and around the same time the Gallery took over the Carrig-Rohane framing company. In 1931-1932, Robert's sons, Robert C. Vose, J., S. Morton Vose II, and Herbert Vose, joined the firm. The name was changed to Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., 1952.

decades
of activity

1840-1850
1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950

website

http://www.vosegalleries.com/

updated

03/22/2024 12:09:28

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Vose Galleries of Boston records, circa 1876, 1890s-1996, bulk 1920s-1930s.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	R.C. & N.M. Vose (Firm) Records, 1871-1982 [microform]	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interview with S. Morton Vose, 1986 July 24-1987 April 28.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Robert C. Vose lecture, 1987 May 14	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection, 1813-1953, bulk 1915-1925	see details...