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historical notes
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Victor Merlo was born in 1895 in Naples, Italy. After serving in the First World War, Merlo became an art dealer specializing in Greek and Roman vases and bronzes. After a decade of careful collecting, Merlo loaned his collection first for an exhibition at the Los Angeles Public Library in March 1930 and later the incipient Los Angeles Museum. In 1932, inspired by the Los Angeles Olympiad, Merlo was named Honorary Curator of Classical Art. In 1933, he was elected President of the Los Angeles Art Association, the primary organization behind the efforts to establish a permanent location for the Los Angeles Museum. His collection was catalogued in the Los Angeles’s museums 1932 publication Los Angeles Museum: The Gallery of Classical Art. |
