Geoffrey Agnew (Q18576205)
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English art dealer (1908-1986)
- Sir Geoffrey Agnew
- S Geoffrey William Gerald Agnew
- Sir Geoffrey William Gerald Agnew
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| English | Geoffrey Agnew |
English art dealer (1908-1986) |
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1908
11 July 1908Gregorian
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1986
22 November 1986
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Flat 3, 6 Onslow Square, London
25 April 1934
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7 August 2020
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As a member since 1931 of a firm of art dealers that had been active in London since 1817, Geoffrey Agnew had a commanding position among his colleagues in the Old Master trade, which he had overseen from its low point during the Depression years to the period of expansion and ever-rising prices after World War II. A regular visitor to the United States for more than 50 years, and a man constant and punctilious in friendship, he was especially well known to Paul Mellon, with whom he had a close association from the early days of Mr. Mellon's interest in British art. It was he who bought Monet's ''Terrace at Ste.-Adresse'' for the Metropolitan Museum, and he was also instrumental in the forming of the Cook collection, now in the National Gallery in Washington. It is indicative of his association with the Yale Center that 7 of the Turner oils and 23 of the Turner watercolors in New Haven came from Agnew's, along with major paintings by Reynolds, Constable, Zoffany and Stubbs. (English)
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Sir Geoffrey William Gerald Agnew
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7 August 2020
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