Samuel Henry Kress
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Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863–September 22, 1955) was a businessman and philanthropist, founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent store chain.
[edit] Biography
Kress was born in the village of Cherryville, near Allentown, Pennsylvania. He worked as a schoolteacher before going into business. In '1887 he opened a "stationery and notions" store in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. As the business prospered he used his profits to open additional stores, naming the chain S. H. Kress & Co. He never married or had children.
Kress was a lover of art, especially that of the Italian Renaissance. In 1929, at the age of 65, he established the Kress Foundation to promote understanding and appreciation of European art in the United States. Kress was a major early donor to the U.S. National Gallery of Art. He also donated art to more than 40 other U.S. museums. Samuel H. Kress died in New York City.
[edit] American museums having important Samuel H. Kress Collections:
National Building Museum, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Paintings 376, Sculptures 94, Bronzes 1307, Drawings 38)
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (Paintings 50, Sculptures 3)
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (Paintings 29, Sculptures 3, Furniture 13)
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL (Paintings 34, Sculpture 2, Furniture 13, Decorative Arts 4)
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC (Paintings 46, Sculptures 2, Bronzes 11, Furniture 9, Tapestries 10)
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Coral Gables, FL (Paintings 44, Sculptures 3)
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (Paintings 46, Sculptures 4)
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX (Paintings 56, Sculpture 2)
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI (Paintings 14)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (Paintings 30)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (Paintings 9, Sculptures 2)
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN (Paintings 27, Sculptures 2)
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (Paintings 29)
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (Paintings 30, Sculptures 2)
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (Paintings 73, Sculptures 2)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Paintings 37, Sculpture 1)
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (Paintings 33, Sculptures 2)
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (Paintings 60, Sculptures 3)
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK (Paintings 30, Sculpture 6)
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