The Ghost of William Andrews Clark in Jerome, AZ « Drapaport's Blog

The ghost of art collector William Andrews Clark roams the streets and ################## of Jerome, Arizona, just as he once roamed the museums, ################## and private art collections in New York City and Europe. Clark was the owner of the United Verde, the largest copper mine in Jerome. Art was his private passion, a legacy that extended to his family. Clark was a collector of French art (among them paintings by Corot, Degas, Van Dyck, Rembrandt), rare laces, Italian Maiolica pottery, Persian rugs and Renaissance tapestries. His collection was bequeathed to the Corcoran ############## of Art in Washington, D.C., together with the money to build a wing to house the collection. His son, William <a href="http://wk.putianb2b.com/"><strong>网赚项目 </strong></a> Andrews Clark, Jr. founded the Los Angeles Philharmonic and collected more than 80,000 books of English history and literature. When he died, he bequeathed them and the building that housed them to UCLA (William Andrews Clark Memorial Library). Clark's second wife, Anna collected 17th and 18th century musical instruments, including Stradivarius violins and was a patron and first sponsor of Santa Barbara, California’s Paganini Quartet. Much or her collection was bequeathed to her daughter Huguette, who died in 2011, Her estate, valued at half a billion, included paintings by Monet, Renoir and John Singer Sargent and many of the musical instruments collected by her mother. William Andrews Clark was a twentieth <a href="http://wk.putianb2b.com/"><strong>免费网赚 </strong></a> century Midas. (In Greek mythology, King Midas turned everything he touched into gold.) His wealth equaled that of the many robber barons that occupied Millionaire Row in New York City where Clark built his 137-room mansion with a huge copper dome roof. "Hideous," proclaimed the rich. "A quick boy," was the moniker given him by the other robber barons, meaning he was born of a poor family and made his money too quick. Clark and his wife were so shunned by that crusty society that the governing board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (made up of many of New York's robber barons) turned down accepting the art collection. The public reasons, according to newspaper accounts, was that it was too ‘spotty,' and came with too many strings attached. Other sources of Clark's wealth included mines in Butte, Montana, logging operations throughout the southwest, and rubber and coffee plantations in Mexico. He and his brother Ross built the San Pedro, Los Angeles &amp; Salt Lake Railroad, as well as the land from the Las Vegas Ranch that would turn into the great city of Las Vegas. In their memory, the county surrounding Las Vegas is named Clark County. Theft and destruction <a href="http://wk.putianb2b.com/"><strong>成都兼职 </strong></a> of Jerome, Arizona's buildings and collapse of its infrastructure followed the abandonment of copper mining and most of its population in 1952. Although less than 75 people lived there in the fifties, rescue efforts began immediately on a foundation of history, culture and art. In 1952, the Jerome Historical Society was formed. ‘The Past is our Future," was the motto that was adopted by the Jerome Historical Society. In 1954, The Verde Valley Art Association (VVAA) was founded by Shan and Roger Holt, newcomers to Jerome. Roger Holt was already a celebrated American artist who had exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran ############## and Carnegie Institute. Could they have foreseen that sixty years later Jerome would be celebrated as an art/history mecca visited by a million and a half visitors a year? See early chapters: "Jerome Historical Society Invents the World's Largest Ghost City" and "How the Abandoned Town of Jerome AZ founded a Historical Society." (New York Times, Herbert V. Young, et al, reprints on Clark from the Corcoran ############## archives, etc.) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/ny...pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/ny...-to-nurse.html Tags: Corcoran ##############, ghosts of Jerome Arizona, Huguette <a href="http://www.casualphorum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1889962#1889962"><strong>Armani Sunglasses discount - place for blog - 博客大巴</strong></a> Clark, Italian, Italian Maiolica, Jerome Arizona, Jerome Historical Society, Jr. Huguette Clark, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Paganini Quartet, Pananini Quartet, Roger Holt, United Verde, Verde Valley Art Association, William Andrews Clark, William Andrews Clark Jr., Williams Andrews Clark This entry was posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:16 pm and is filed under History, personal memoir. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.