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John Gellatly

1853 – 1931

Art collector

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Lived 1853 – 1931 (aged 77–78). John Gellatly was an art collector.

John Gellatly (1853–1931) was an American businessman, art collector and patron. He acquired paintings by American artists James Abbott McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Childe Hassam, and John Henry Twachtman, as well as Europeans like Peter Paul Rubens and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. He donated his art collection to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1929, He died in poverty.

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Born
1853
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Died
1931
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Who was John Gellatly?

art collector

When was John Gellatly born?

John Gellatly was born in 1853.

When did John Gellatly die?

John Gellatly died in 1931.

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John Gellatly was an art collector.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Gellatly

· Wikidata: Q63226068

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