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Dale, Chester, 1883-1962 print view role Collector dates 1883-1962 city New York City state NY other cities Washington, DC; Southampton, NY; sex M historical notes Art collector, banker, utilities financier, and trustee of the National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chicago Art Institute, and Philadelphia Museum. Dale and his wife, Maud Murray Dale (1953), who stimulated Dale's interest in collecting, collected 19th and 20th century art works including French Impressionism. After his first wife's death, he married Mary Tower Bullard. Dale's collection included work by Corot, Delacroix, Degas, Matisse, Braque, Leger, Dufy, Derain, Vuillard, Modigliani, Dali, and American artists, John Smibert, Sully and other members of "the Eight." The bulk of his collection was left to the National Gallery, Washington, DC. decades of activity 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 updated 04/24/2025 09:12:50 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 Chester Dale papers, circa 1883-2003, bulk 1920-1970 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Eulogy from Chester Dale's funeral service, 1962 Dec. 17 see details... Library of Congress Manuscript Division Papers of David E. Finley, 1921-1977. see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Fiske Kimball Records, 1908-1955, n.d. (bulk 1925-1954) see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Henri Gabriel Marceau Director Records, 1955-1964 see details... see also: Dale, Maud, 1875-1953 «  back