McKean, Jeannette

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role

Collector Artist Dealer/Gallery Patron

dates

1909-1989

city

Winter Park

state

FL

other cities

Chicago,IL; Wellesley, MA; Chestnut Hill, MA; New York, NY; Portsmouth, NH; CA

sex

F

historical notes

Jeannette Genius McKean (1909–89), was an artist, interior designer, businesswoman, civic leader, philanthropist, art dealer, and the founder of the Morse Gallery of Art, Winter Park, FL.

Together with her husband Hugh F. McKean (1908–95, m. 1945), McKean formed a collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Their collection formed the basis for the Morse Gallery of Art which was initially housed on the campus of Rollins College (now located off campus at 445 North Park Avenue). The gallery was named after her grandfather, the industrialist Charles Hosmer Morse (1833–1921, Fairbanks, Morse and Company).

In 1945, Jeannette created the Center Street Gallery in downtown Winter Park that sold work by local artists, including her own. The gallery closed in 1994.

In 1957, she created the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation, in memory of her mother, to support her charitable concerns, including Rollins College.

decades
of activity

1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990

website

http://www.morsemuseum.org/

updated

03/22/2024 12:09:32

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Rollins College Archives Olin Library	Open house. [videorecording]	see details...
Rollins College Archives Olin Library	Mrs. Jeannette McKean	see details...
Rollins College Archives Olin Library	Elizabeth Hall Dedication	see details...
Rollins College Archives Olin Library	Norvell and McKean open Fiesta of 1962	see details...
Rollins College Archives Olin Library	Thaddeus Seymour Presidential Records, 1978-1990	see details...