Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 |
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Collector |
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dates
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1819-1894 |
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city
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Baltimore |
| state | MD | | other cities | Liverpool, PA; |
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historical notes
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William Walters (1819–1894) amassed his fortune derived from the wholesale whiskey business, shipping merchant and railroad magnate and by 1841 the Baltimore patriarch was actively collecting art of his own time and region.
Of particular interest were Asher B. Durand and Richard Canton Woodville. During the Civil War, Walters relocated his family to Paris where the collection would take considerable shape and scope. It was in Paris that Walters met art collector and agent George Lucas. With Lucas as his advisor, Walters commissioned several paintings while actively collecting works from the Barbizon School. By 1862, Walters was also collecting Oriental porcelain – a premiere collection that resulted in the publication of Oriental Ceramic Art, a history of the collection. The Mount Vernon Place town home served as the gallery space for the collection and was routinely open to the public for an admission price of fifty cents. By 1894, this gallery opened permanently to the public as the Walters Art Gallery.
Following his death in 1894, William Walters bequeathed the extensive collection to his son, Henry Walters (1848-1931).
According to The Art Treasures of American Art, Walters owned Jean Léon Gérôme's "The Duel After the Masquerade," Florent Willems' "To the King!", and other art works by A. Achenbach, L. Alma-Tadema, G. A. Baker, Carl Baker, Carl Becker, A. Bida, C. Bischoff, E. J. Boks, G. Boldini, Rosa Bonheur, G. H. Boughton, E. Brandon, Jules Breton, A, Cabanel, A. Calame, Ch. Chaplin, J. V. Chavet, J. B. C. Corot, T. Couture, C. F. Daubigny, A. G. Decamps, P. Delaroche, A. De Neuville, Ed. Detaille, N. V. Diaz De La Pena, A. B. Durand, C. L. Elliot, M. Fortuny, E. Frère, E. Fromentin, L. Gallait, J. L. Gérôme, C. G. Gleyvre, G. A. Guillemin, J. L. Hamon, J. M. Hart, F. Heilbuth, G. E. Herring, F. P. Hiddeman, Carl H bner, E. L. G. Isabey, F. Jacovacci, C. E. Jacque, C. F. Jalabert, J. Jiminez, E. Johnston, L. Knaus, G. Koller, E. Kurzbauer, V. Lagye, C. Landelle, E. Leutze, J. L. E. Meissonier, H. Merle, J. F. Millet, C. L. Muller, T. Odier, A. Pasini, I. A. A. Pils, A. E. Pilassan, A. E. Plasson, J. W. Preyer, Rico D. Martin, A. Rotta, Th. Rousseau, S. Saint-Jean, Ary Scheffer, A. Schreyer, A. Stevens, H. Stone, Gilbert, Stuart, J. Tissot, J. B. L. Trayer, C. Troyon, B. Van Der Helst, É. Van Marcke, B. Vautier, Horace Vernet, J. G. Vibert, V. Vidal, Jose Villegas, A. J. H. Way, Otto Weber, F. Willems, K. C. Woodville, A. Yvon, E. Zamacoïs, F. Ziem.
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decades
of activity | 1840-1850
1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
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| website | http://www.thewalters.org/ |
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Archives/Repository |
Collection Title |
Collection Details |
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
William Henry Rinehart papers, 1861-1875. |
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Walters Art Museum
Archives
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Walters Art Gallery Archives |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
William Henry Rinehart Fund records, 1875-1930. |
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Baltimore Museum of Art
The E. Kirkbride Miller Art Research Library |
George A. Lucas papers, 1825-2003 [bulk 1824-1909] MS.10 |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
John Frederick Kensett papers, 1806-1896. |
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Georgetown University
Special Collections |
Thomas F Meehan Papers, 1859 - 1920 (Bulk: 1880 - 1915) |
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 |
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The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library
10 East 71st Street |
Photographs of the old Walters Art Gallery, 5 Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore. |
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