词条 | Eugene V. Thaw |
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| name = Eugene V. Thaw | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = October 27, 1927 | birth_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | death_date = January 3, 2018 | death_place = Cherry Valley, New York, U.S. | restingplace = | nationality = | ethnicity = | residence = Cherry Valley, New York, U.S. Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Santa Fe, New Mexico (1987-2013) | education = DeWitt Clinton High School St. John's College | occupation = Art dealer and collector | known for = | salary = | networth = | spouse = Clare Eddy | children = 1 son | relatives = }} Eugene V. Thaw (October 27, 1927 - January 3, 2018) was an American art dealer and collector. He was the owner of an art gallery on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, and a past president of the Art Dealers Association of America. With his wife, he donated over 1,000 works of art to the Fenimore Art Museum and the Morgan Library & Museum. Early lifeThaw was born on October 27, 1927 in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City.[1][2] He was educated at the DeWitt Clinton High School in Brooklyn and St. John's College in Annapolis.[1][2] CareerThaw opened an art gallery and bookstore on West 44th Street at the Algonquin Hotel in 1950.[2][3] He moved the gallery to Madison Avenue in 1954,[3] He sold artwork to private collectors like Paul Mellon and Norton Simon as well as institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art.[1] Thaw was a co-founder of the Art Dealers Association of America in 1962,[1][4] and he served as its president from 1970 to 1972.[3] He was an honorary trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[5] Thaw was also an art collector. He was the owner of drawings and paintings by Paul Cézanne, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dalí, Honoré Daumier, Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Alberto Giacometti, Vincent van Gogh, Francisco Goya, Lee Krasner, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, and Jackson Pollock, Odilon Redon, Rembrandt, as well as Native American art.[1][3][4] With his wife, he donated 870 art pieces to the Fenimore Art Museum.[2][5] They also donated more than 400 works to the Morgan Library & Museum.[3] Personal life and deathThaw married Clare Eddy in 1954. They resided in Cherry Valley, New York and Park Avenue,[4] as well as in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1987 to 2013. They had a son, Nicholas. Thaw was predeceased by his wife in June 2018.[1] Thaw died on January 3, 2018 in Cherry Valley, at age 90.[1][2] Two hundred of his works are expected to be auctioned by Christie's on October 30, 2018.[6] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |last1=Cotter |first1=Holland |title=Eugene V. Thaw, Influential Art Collector and Dealer, Is Dead at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/obituaries/eugene-v-thaw-dies-art-collector-and-dealer.html |accessdate=October 19, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=January 5, 2018}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thaw, Eugene V.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title=Eugene V. Thaw (1927–2018) |url=https://www.artforum.com/news/eugene-v-thaw-1927-2018-73411 |accessdate=October 19, 2018 |work=Artforum |date=January 9, 2018}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |last1=Capon |first1=Alex |title=American art dealer Eugene Thaw’s collection heads to Christie’s |url=https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2018/american-art-dealer-eugene-thaw-s-collection-heads-to-christie-s/ |accessdate=October 19, 2018 |work=Antiques Trade Gazette |date=July 19, 2018}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Jason Edward |title=Art/Architecture; A Collector Who Can Let Go of His Treasures |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/24/arts/art-architecture-a-collector-who-can-let-go-of-his-treasures.html?module=inline |accessdate=October 19, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=November 24, 2002}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |title=American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/2017/thaw-collection |website=Metropolitan Museum of Art |accessdate=October 19, 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=‘Sharing the spark of genius’ — Property from the estate of Eugene V. Thaw |url=https://www.christies.com/features/Sharing-the-spark-of-genius-property-from-the-estate-of-Eugene-Thaw-9326-3.aspx |website=Christie's |accessdate=October 19, 2018}} 9 : 1927 births|2018 deaths|People from Washington Heights, Manhattan|People from Cherry Valley, New York|People from Santa Fe, New Mexico|DeWitt Clinton High School alumni|St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni|American art dealers|American art collectors |
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