Born in 1882 in Villanova, Pennsylvania into a prominent banking family of Swiss descent, Albert Eugene Gallatin inherited a family fortune upon his father's death in 1902. His great-grandfather... Read full biography
Born in 1882 in Villanova, Pennsylvania into a prominent banking family of Swiss descent, Albert Eugene Gallatin inherited a family fortune upon his father's death in 1902. His great-grandfather Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) had served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Jefferson and... Read full biography
Born in 1882 in Villanova, Pennsylvania into a prominent banking family of Swiss descent, Albert Eugene Gallatin inherited a family fortune upon his father's death in 1902. His great-grandfather Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) had served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Jefferson and Madison before founding the New-York Historical Society and New York University. A. E. Gallatin moved to Park Avenue in New York and became one of the most eligible bachelors in Manhattan. He also... Read full biography
Born in 1882 in Villanova, Pennsylvania into a prominent banking family of Swiss descent, Albert Eugene Gallatin inherited a family fortune upon his father's death in 1902. His great-grandfather Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) had served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Jefferson and Madison before founding the New-York Historical Society and New York University. A. E. Gallatin moved to Park Avenue in New York and became one of the most eligible bachelors in Manhattan. He also became a passionate and knowledgeable collector and patron of modernist art after World War I. "His collection brought together paintings by American modernists including Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, and John Marin, and works by Picasso, Braque,... Read full biography
Born in 1882 in Villanova, Pennsylvania into a prominent banking family of Swiss descent, Albert Eugene Gallatin inherited a family fortune upon his father's death in 1902. His great-grandfather Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) had served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Jefferson and Madison before founding the New-York Historical Society and New York University. A. E. Gallatin moved to Park Avenue in New York and became one of the most eligible bachelors in Manhattan. He also became a passionate and knowledgeable collector and patron of modernist art after World War I. "His collection brought together paintings by American modernists including Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, and John Marin, and works by Picasso, Braque, Mondrian, MirĂ³, and Juan Gris, fusing European and American development." (Hollis Taggert Galleries). Gallatin began pain... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (34)
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Order and Intuition American Abstraction From The Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, 1913-1954 (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Berman, Avis (Hollis Taggart Galleries)
120 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999
Editor, Smith College Museum
307 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Eye of Duncan Phillips A Collection in the Making
1999
Passantino, Erika D (editor)
819 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Still Life The Object in American Art, 1915-1995 (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Sims, Lowery/Sabine Rewald
175 pages (color)
American Watercolors From Metropolitan Museum of Art
1991
Howat, John K (foreward)
204 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989
Fresella-Lee, Nancy
222 pages (color)
The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art
1988
Columbus Museum of Art
271 pages (color)
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972
1987
Krane, Susan
379 pages (color)
The Ebsworth Collection: American Modernism, 1911-1947
1987
Saint Louis Art Museum
225 pages (color)
Albert Eugene Gallatin & His Circ (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Balken, Debra Bricker
66 pages
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
American Still Life 1945-1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Cathcart, Linda L
144 pages (color)
Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America 1927-1944 (Exhibition catalog)