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Winter, Emil print view role Collector dates 1857-1941 city Pittsburgh state PA other cities New York, NY; sex M historical notes Emil Winter was an industrialist (Pittsburgh Steel Company, American Refractories Company, American-Austrian Magnesite Corporation), banker (Workingman’s Savings Bank and Trust Company of Pittsburgh), and art collector. He served as a trustee for the Mercy Hospital and Tuberculosis league in Pittsburgh. The Winter collection included paintings (Barbizon and other), bronzes, Brussels tapestries, rugs, French and Italian furniture, silver, linens, and other fine appointments. Winter owned work by, among others Sir Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), Félix Ziem (1821–1911), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875), Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), Leon Augustin L’Hermitte (1844–1925), J. J. Henner (1829–1905), Henri-Joseph Harpignies (1819–1916), Francesco Guardi (1712–1793), Théodore Rousseau (1821–1867), Charles Daubigny (1817–1878), and Antoine-Louis Barye (1796–1875). Winter purchased the old Thaw mansion at 1051 Beechwood Boulevard in Pittsburgh and renovated it. His wife was Mary Elizabeth Winter (1857-1930); they had one son, Dwight Winter (1884–1957). decades of activity 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 website http://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/viewer/23255/?offset=#page=2&viewer=picture updated 10/31/2024 13:33:25 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records, 1883-1962, bulk 1885-1962 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974 see details... «  back