Frank P. Wood: Collector Extraordinare and Client of Sir Joseph Duveen
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Authors
Graham, Lucinda
Date
2024-11-27
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thesis
Language
eng
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Art Collection , Canada , Collecting History , Connoisseurship
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Frank Porter Wood (1882—1955) was a Toronto Interwar art collector, philanthropist and financier, whose donations to the Art Gallery of Toronto (which is now called the Art Gallery of Ontario, or the AGO) earned him the legacy as the greatest collector of old master paintings in Canadian history.
Wood was a major client of the famous English dealer, Sir Joseph Duveen (1869—1939). Letters between the collector and dealer remain at the Getty Archives, which have been sourced for this thesis to trace the origins of Wood’s collection. Documents from the Art Gallery of Ontario determine Frank’s role as a donor to the Gallery, and documents from the Avery Drawings & Archives at Columbia University demonstrate the designs of his Toronto Beaux-Arts estate by Delano & Aldrich. This thesis traces the evolution of Wood’s taste in art in the context of biographical details and larger historical events. This analysis demonstrates the maturation of Wood as a collector and Toronto as the cultural and financial epi-centre of Canada. An examination of Wood’s acquisitions in the context of North American collections from the Gilded Age to the Interwar era determines that Frank Wood was an exceptional collector amongst his Toronto peers, and his collection rivalled that of his most highly esteemed American counterparts.
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