Gay, Walter, 1856-1937
Person
Dates
- Existence: 18560122 - 19370713
Gender
- male
Occupations
Places
- Hingham, Mass (Place of Birth)
- France (Place of Death)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jane, Lady Abdy Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS.128
Abstract
The papers of art dealer and society hostess Jane, Lady Abdy (1934-2015) contain material related to her commercial galleries, as well as her business as a private art dealer, including artist files, press clippings, exhibition catalog drafts, book reviews, sales and purchases, events planning, and correspondence.
Dates:
1960-2016, undated
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Walter and Matilda Gay Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS.059
Abstract
Walter Gay (1856-1937) was an American painter known for his paintings of interiors. For the better part of his life, Gay lived in France, where he met and married heiress and fellow expatriate Matilda E. Travers (1855-1943). The bulk of this collection is formed by the diaries of Matilda Gay which provide detailed insight into the Gays' daily life as well as American expatriate life in France before, during, and after World War I. The collection also contains correspondence, photographs...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1880-1938; 1877-2012
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Additional filters:
- Type
- Collection 2
- Digital Record 1
- Subject
- Correspondence 2
- Photographs 2
- Art Galleries, Commercial 1
- Art auctions 1
- Art dealers 1
