| Smith, George Walter Vincent, 1832-1923 | |||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1832-1923 | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | Springfield | ||||||||||||||||||
| state | MA | ||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | Derby, CT; New York, NY; | ||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | ||||||||||||||||||
| history |
George Walter Vincent Smith was an Industrialist (Carriage manufacturer, Stivers and Smith) art collector, patron and curator. Smith and his wife, nee Arabella "Belle" Townsley, collected Italian paintings, American paintings and drawings, European and Far Eastern textiles and furniture, Oriental arms and armor, cloisonné, ceramics, lacquerware, metalwork, ivories, and carpets. The Smiths offered their collection to the city of Springfield, MA, if they built a building to house the collection. In 1895, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery opened to the public and housed 6,000 objects. Smith oversaw the design of the museum and installed the galleries. Smith ordered all his personal correspondence destroyed after his death. Smith is discussed in Frederick Baekeland, "Collectors of American Painting, 1813 to 1913," American Art Review, Nov-Dec 1976 |
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| decades | 1870-1880 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 |
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| updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:16 | ||||||||||||||||||
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