Today in Art Collector History

Art Topics: Art Critic - Art Dealer - Art Director - Art Historian - Calligrapher - Comic Artist - Engraver - Etcher - Graphic Artist - Impressionism - Lithographer - Painter - Sculptor - Surrealism

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 20 of 20

1340-11-30 - John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector
1726-01-04 - Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector
1741-06-19 - Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/art collector
1777-11-28 - Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat
1814-01-24 - Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector
1845-05-07 - Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector
1856-02-25 - Charles Lang Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1876]
1857-02-02 - Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector
1872-03-11 - Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector
1876-02-25 - Charles Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1856]
1877-03-04 - Daniel G van Beuningen, Dutch art collector
1888-05-09 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)
1904-07-05 - Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector
1910-02-15 - 9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector
1920-01-02 - Duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector
1923-09-28 - Duke of Buccleuch, British large landowner/art collector
1925-07-09 - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector
1927-11-10 - Jacob Pleydell-Bouvery 8th earl of Radnor/art collector
1929-09-19 - 10th duke of Richmond, English large landowner/art collector
1932-05-06 - Viscount Coke, English large landowner/art collector

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 18 of 18

1646-09-14 - Thomas H Earl of Arundel, English art collector (Marbles), dies
1798-12-20 - Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72
1816-01-30 - Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74
1853-03-05 - Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75
1896-02-06 - Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
1898-12-16 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
1920-04-15 - Jacob van Stolk Azn, art collector, dies at 74
1929-04-16 - Abraham van Stolk Jzn, art collector, dies at 57
1949-11-03 - Solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector, dies at 88
1955-05-29 - Daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78
1964-04-28 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)
1979-12-23 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b. 1898)
1981-08-31 - Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82
1994-02-27 - Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84
1996-07-22 - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector, dies at 71
2002-04-27 - Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (b. 1921)
2006-06-12 - Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (b. 1923)
2006-10-26 - Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924)


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