Hearn, George A. (George Arnold), 1835-1913 |
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Collector |
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1835-1913 |
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New York City |
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historical notes
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George Arnold Hearn was and art collector and New York dry goods merchant.
Hearn's art collection consisted of paintings by contemporary American artists, such as, Blakelock, Arthur B. Davies, George Fuller, Childe Hassam, George Inness, Winslow Homer, Theodore Robinson, J.S. Sargent, and Whistler.
Hearn also collected ancient Chinese porcelains, ivory carvings, decorative art and artworks by seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century European painters. He also owned work by Constable, Cuyp, Hogarth, and Van Dyck.
Much of his collection was donated/bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where he served as a trustee and had established the Hearn fund (1906) for the purchase of paintings by living American artists. Since Hearn’s death the terms of his gift have been interpreted as available for the purchase of works of art by artists who were alive in 1906.
Hearn is discussed in Frederick Baekeland's "Collectors of American Painting, 1813-1913," American Art Review, 3, Nov.-Dec. 1976.
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decades
of activity | 1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
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Collection Details |
New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 |
Miscellaneous Personal Name Files (box 49) |
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Museum of the City of New York
Photograph Collections |
Portrait of George A Hearn: Byron Company Collection |
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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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Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies |
The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives) |
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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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Frick Art Research Library and Brooklyn Museum
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Modern British paintings and ancient Egyptian ivories, from the collection of Mr. Geo. A. Hearn [electronic resource] : [exhibition] Saturday, March 22, to Sunday, March 30 ... / Lotos club, New York. |
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Frick Art Research Library and Brooklyn Museum
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Paintings from the collection of George A. Hearn, Esq. [electronic resource]. |
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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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