| Fitzgerald, Desmond, 1846-1926 | ||||||||||
| type | Collector Patron | |||||||||
| dates | 1846-1926 | |||||||||
| city | Brookline | |||||||||
| state | MA | |||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||
| history |
Art patron, art collector, and engineer; Brookline, Mass. Served on the boards of the Boston Public Library and of the Copley Society. In 1913, he arranged to have the Armory Show come to Boston. His collection of mainly French and American impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, Dodge Macknight, and others became a kind of semi-public museum. Upon his death, the collection was sold at auction. |
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| decades | 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 |
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| updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:17 | |||||||||
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