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Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938 print view role Collector Dealer/Gallery Artist dates 1863-1938 city New York City state NY other cities Chicago, IL; Bellefonte, PA; Paris, France; sex M historical notes Sculptor, art collector and dealer. Trained at Chicago Art Institute and L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Commissioned to do statues for the Capital in Harrisburg, Pa., a statue of Lincoln for Cincinnati, Ohio. He spent the last years of his life on a monument to peace entitled "Rainbow Arch" which was never realized. Barnard supported himself by selling Medieval art and artifacts. He built the "Cloisters" in New York City to house his personal collection and sold it in 1925 to John D. Rockefeller, who donated it to the City of New York. A second collection, The Abbaye, was sold by his estate to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:17 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 George Grey Barnard papers, circa 1860-1969, bulk 1880-1938 see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives George Grey Barnard papers, 1895-1941. see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Daniel M. Williams biographical collection of George Grey Barnard,1863-1969, n.d. see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Francis Bacon Foundation records, 1936-1997. see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location George Grey Barnard Papers: 1889-1967. see details... Centre County Historical Society Centre Furnace Mansion Harold E. Dickson, George Grey Barnard Collection see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 George Grey Barnard selected papers, 1895-1941. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 George Grey Barnard letters to Mr. Van der Weyde, [ca. 1910-1921]. see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location Artist file: Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938 [miscellaneous ephemeral material] see details... Library of Congress Manuscript Division Papers of Raoul Heilbronner, 1887-1914 (MSS25650) see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Paolo S. Abbate papers, 1908-1971. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 John Gellatly letters received from artists, 1887-1931. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Mary Fanton Roberts papers, 1880-1956. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Isabella Stewart Gardner papers, 1760-1956. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Albert and Marie Sterner letters received, 1899-1945. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Photograph of Barnard's sculpture of Lincoln, [undated]. see details... Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Manuscripts Scrapbook re: Abraham Lincoln statue, 1918. see details... Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Manuscripts Charles Henry Hart Correspondence, 1909-1917. see details... The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway Artist file. Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. see details... The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway Artist file. Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. see details... The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway Artist file. Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938. see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location Garden at Aniane see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location Views of The Cloisters see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location Design reference album for The Cloisters construction see details... National Portrait Gallery Library Smithsonian American Art Museum Artist File: Barnard, George Grey , 1863-1938 see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location Office of the Secretary records, 1870-[ongoing]. see details... The Cleveland Museum of Art Ingalls Library and Archives Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930 see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Fiske Kimball Records, 1908-1955, n.d. (bulk 1925-1954) see details... «  back