George A. Hearn | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

George A. Hearn, a major art collector and good friend of the Hewitt family, organized a group of men in 1907 to financially assist the Cooper Union Museum. In 1919, Eleanor called him “Santa Claus,” a tribute to a patron who annually gave the museum “wonderfully suitable objects and generous gifts of money.”

We have 233 objects that George A. Hearn has been involved with.

Print, Plate, from Le Jugement Universel

Optical Toy (Italy)

Print, Nymphs Bathing Near a Cave

Lantern Slide, Swirling Pattern

Print, Quos Ego (Whom I)

We know 1 people that George A. Hearn is related to.

Advisory Council

Advisory Council
Founded 1907.
Founded to provide advice and funding for the museum’s collections.

This person is a organization of George.
This person is involved with 14486 objects in our collection.

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