Ide, John Jay, Mrs.

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role

Collector

dates

1916-1998

city

San Francisco

state

CA

other cities

New York, NY; Palm Beach, FL; Pittsburgh, PA; Farmington, CT; Florence, Italy;

sex

F

historical notes

Dora Browning Donner Ide was a San Franciscan steel heiress and art collector.

Together with her husband, John Jay Ide (1892–1962), Ide formed a collection which included work by, among others, Edgar Degas (1834–1917), André Giroux (1801–1879), Alexandre Jakovlev (1887–1938), Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1724–1806), Jules Coignet (1798–1860), Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (ca. 1715–1783), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), William Wyld (1806–1889), Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), Hubert Robert, French, (1733–1808), and Romain Cazes (1810–1881).

Paintings, prints, drawings, and rare books from the Ide Collection were given to museums across the country including, among others, the De Young Museum in San Francisco, the Cooper Hewitt in New York City, the Morgan Library & Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D C, The Frick Collection & Frick Art Reference Library.

Donner was a member of the Acorn Club. Her father, William Henry Donner (1864–1953), was a Pennsylvania steel executive (Cambria, Union and Donner Steel) and known associate of Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919).

decades
of activity

1960-1970
1980-1990
1990-2000

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560	John Jay Ide Collection, 1911-1962 (bulk 1920-1945)	see details...