Through the invention of argyrol, Dr. Albert C. Barnes bought an unparalleled art collection of Renoir, Cézanne, van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso paintings. It formed the basis of the Barnes ...

Founded by Dr. Albert C. Barnes, the Barnes Foundation is an educational and cultural jewel on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Barnes Foundation attracts hundreds of thousands of people each ...

When he felt that a hail of profanity and slurs didn’t suffice, Albert C. Barnes signed letters to perceived foes with his dog’s name, Fidèle. That tic and the enmity behind it became famous ...

MERION, Pennsylvania (voa) – The Barnes Collection art gallery, located just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has the largest private collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist ...

The way she looked at the Barnes collection really inspired Sidney Rothberg to do so with his own collection.” Raphael Chatroux, head of the American art department at Freeman’s Hindman auction house, ...

A judge allowed the Philadelphia institution to lend paintings from the storied collection of Dr. Albert C. Barnes. It will look and behave a lot more like a global museum. By Ted Loos Isaac ...

Albert C. Barnes used the fortune he amassed from his invention of the antiseptic Argyrol to amass one of the world’s preeminent collections of post-Impressionist and Modernist art. Valued at $6 ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Cultural power brokers here have rallied behind a bold plan to move the world-famous Barnes collection of art from its suburban galleries to new space downtown. Rich with works by ...

Dr. Albert C. Barnes was known worldwide for his incomparable art collection, but most do not know he was a major advocate for racial equality, well ahead of his time.

The Violette de Mazia Foundation is merging with the Barnes Foundation to create the Barnes-de Mazia Education Program at the Barnes Foundation, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. Chemist and ...

Founded by Dr. Albert C. Barnes, ... And, among the 12,000 square feet and 4,000 works of art is an unparalleled collection of French art.

News about Albert C. Barnes, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. ... Questioning the Place of Black Art in a White Man’s Collection.