Evans Art Collection Donated to SI

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Summary

William T. Evans of Montclair, New Jersey, donates 52 paintings in oil by American artists. The paintings are temporarily hung in the Corcoran Gallery of Art due to lack of space at the Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

  • Evans, William T. 1843-1918
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art
  • National Collection of Fine Arts)
  • National Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian)
  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1907. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908, p. 32.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1907

Topic

  • Art
  • Benefactors
  • William T. Evans Collection
  • Gifts
  • History
  • National Collections
  • Art--History
  • Art objects

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