Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924

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From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Fenway Court," to an unidentified recipient, [1908?] Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269568468

Art collector and patron; Mrs. Jack Gardner.

From the description of Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection, [18--]-[19--]. (University of Mobile Library). WorldCat record id: 70925322

Art historian, critic, collector, and teacher; Florence, Italy.

First name often spelled Bernhard. Was "discovered" by Isabella Stewart Gardner immediately after his graduation from Harvard. As a patron of the fine arts, Gardner financed Berenson's travels in Italy to collect Italian Renaissance art for the Venetian palazzo she re-created in Boston. Berenson bought Villa I Tatti, his home in Florence, before the Second World War. During the war he and his wife and his personal secretary were exiles in the villa for several years. He lived there until his death where upon he bequeathed it to Harvard University.

From the description of Isabella Stewart Gardner letters to Bernard Berenson, 1887-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81263025

Art patron, collector, and museum founder; Boston, Mass.

Immediately after graduation from Harvard, Bernard Berenson was hired by Gardner to travel throughout Italy collecting Italian Renaissance art for her recreated Venetian palazzo in Boston. She established her palazzo as a museum of fine European art with stipulations that after her death none of the exhibited works was to be moved or rearranged, but left as she had designed during her lifetime.

From the description of Isabella Stewart Gardner papers, 1760-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82099067
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referencedIn Additional papers of the Howe-Richards family, 1843-1957. Houghton Library
referencedIn Phillips, William, 1878-1968. Anecdotal biographical sketches : typescript, [not after 1942] Houghton Library
creatorOf Century Magazine letters Archives of American Art
referencedIn Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926. Houghton Library
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Eldredge, Mrs. Edward H. Mrs. Edward H. Eldredge Autograph Books, 1901-1913. Peabody Essex Museum
referencedIn Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959. Bernard and Mary Berenson, Papers (1880-2002, bulk 1880-1959) : a finding aid. Houghton Library
creatorOf Gray, John Chipman, 1839-1915. Correspondence, 1800-1932. Houghton Library
referencedIn Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Kinnell mss, 1936-1980 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection, [18--]-[19--]. University of Mobile, J. L. Bedsole Library
referencedIn Papers, 1851-1966 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. Letter : to Edward S. Morse, [1917] November 15. Boston College. John J. Burns Library
referencedIn William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965. Papers, 1903-2005. Harvard University Art Museum
referencedIn Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Edith Wharton collection, 1868-1981 (inclusive). Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Lady Gregory collection of papers, 1873-[1965, 1873-1932 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Elizabeth Gaskell Norton and Sara Norton papers, 1867-1948 (inclusive), 1880-1946 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn William James Jr. papers, 1857-1960 (inclusive), 1911-1959 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926. Houghton Library
creatorOf Palmer, Bertha Honoré, 1849-1918. Bertha Honoré Palmer correspondence collection, 1883-1899. Aurora University, Phillips Library
referencedIn Charles Eliot Norton papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. Letter, Nov. 29, [Boston]. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Merrymount Press. Records of the Merrymount Press, 1893-1948. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Dante Society of America correspondence and records, 1883-1904. Houghton Library
referencedIn Peabody, Marian Lawrence. 1875-1974. Letters and family papers, 1783-1957 Houghton Library
creatorOf Isabella Stewart Gardner letters to Bernard Berenson Archives of American Art
referencedIn Sarah Orne Jewett correspondence, 1861-1930. Houghton Library
referencedIn James, Henry, 1843-1916. Autograph letter, signed : Philadelphia, to [Ariana] Curtis, 1905 Jan. 23. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Fogg Art Museum. Archives of the Fogg Art Museum, 1895-1985 (inclusive). Harvard University Art Museum
referencedIn James Thomas Fields autograph album, 1750-1941. Houghton Library
referencedIn George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956 Houghton Library
referencedIn August Jaccaci papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Desmond Fitzgerald papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
referencedIn Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931. George Whitefield Chadwick collection, 1873-1936, (bulk 1885-1930). New England Conservatory of Music, Harriet M. Spaulding Library
creatorOf Williams, Oscar, 1900-1964. Papers, 1920-1966. Indiana University
referencedIn Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. Additional papers, 1841-1940 Houghton Library
creatorOf Gardner, Isabella (Stewart), 1840-1924. Autograph letter signed : "Fenway Court," to an unidentified recipient, [1908?] Dec. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Isabella Stewart Gardner papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Rendel, Elinor, 1885-1942. Diary of Elinor Rendel, 1907-1909 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Berenson, Bernard and Mary. Papers, 1880-2002, 1880-2002 Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
referencedIn Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009. Houghton Library
creatorOf Darwin, Charles 1809-1882. Authors Collection, [16--?] - [19--]. Boston College. John J. Burns Library
referencedIn New England Women's Club. Records, 1843-1970 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Joseph Lindon Smith papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Joseph Lindon Smith papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Benjamin F. Curtis papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Prince, Morton, 1854-1929. Papers, 1831-1932. Library of Congress
referencedIn Miscellaneous photographs collection Archives of American Art
referencedIn Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. Papers, 1867-2005. Harvard University Art Museum
referencedIn Wendell family papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Saul Zalesch collection of artists' letters and documents Archives of American Art
creatorOf Keyes, Alicia M. (Alicia Mulliken), 1855-1924. Alicia M. Keyes papers, 1877-1941 (bulk 1882-1924). Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
referencedIn James, Henry, 1843-1916. Papers of Henry James [manuscript], 1876-1915, 1930-1939. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn John Chipman Gray correspondence Houghton Library
creatorOf Gardner family. Gardner family papers, 1772-1915. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn John Jay Chapman papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. Autograph file, G, 1641-1976. Houghton Library
referencedIn Gardner family. Gardner family papers, 1655-1959; bulk: 1820-1890. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Norton family. Letters received by the Norton family, 1830-1920 Houghton Library
referencedIn Smith, Corinna Lindon, 1876-1965. Papers, 1851-1966 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Edith Wharton collection, 1868-1981 (inclusive) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Hutchinson, Charles Lawrence, 1854-1924. Charles L. Hutchinson papers, 1868-1934. Newberry Library
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
creatorOf August Jaccaci papers Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Oral history interview with William Milliken Archives of American Art

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Massachusetts--Boston
United States
Massachusetts--Boston
Japan
Massachusetts--Boston
Italy
Italy--Venice
Subject
Art
Art critics
Art historians
Art, Italian
Art museums
Art patronage
Art patrons
Art, Renaissance
Painting, Renaissance
Sculpture, Renaissance
Women art collecters
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Women art collectors
Women art patrons
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Birth 1840-04-14

Death 1924-07-17

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