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Shaw, Samuel T., 1861-1945 print view role Collector Patron dates 1861-1945 city New York City state NY other cities Centre Island, Oyster Bay, NY; sex M historical notes Shaw was a businessman, hotel proprietor (Grand Union Hotel), collector and patron of American Art. Shaw was a member of the Society of American Artists, and the National Academy of Design, Lotos, Union League, National Art (Vice president and served on the board of trustees) and Salmagundi Clubs (awarded cash prizes for the best picture at the annual exhibitions). The bulk of Shaw's collection was sold in an auction by the American Art Galleries in 1926, the sale consisted of 210 paintings by 103 American artists, including work by William M Chase, Childe Hassam, Bruce Cranes, George Herbert McCord, Charles C Curran, Franklin de Haven, Theodore Robinson, Leonard Ochtman, Emil Carlsen, S M Laurence, J Francis Murphy, F Luis Mora, Albert L Groll, Charles W Eaton, and George Elmer Browne. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:21 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Ernest Lawson papers, 1907-1967. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Henry D. Hill research material regarding Ernest Lawson, 1916-1964. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Salmagundi Club records, 1878-1947. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 [Inscribed reproduction of landscape painting by Samuel T. Shaw], 1917. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 National Academy of Design records, 1817-2012 see details... The New-York Historical Society Manuscript Department Samuel T. Shaw papers, 1905-1913, 1919-1943. see details... «  back