Arquitectura, patrimonio y mecenas. Curiosidades . El millonario Richard Driehaus elige tres pueblos de España para rehabilitarlos
Leo una noticia en prensa sobre mecenazgo:
El millonario Richard Driehaus elige tres pueblos de España para rehabilitarlos
El estadounidense convocó un concurso en el que 40 municipios expusieron sus proyectos para la recuperación de la arquitectura tradicional
Vejer de la Frontera, Jaca y Grajal de Campos recibirán las ayudas de su fundación.
Pues bien este filántropo americano es dueño de un edificio, mansión, considerado Historic Landmark en Chicago que rehabilitó de manera espectacular convirtiéndola en museo.
Edificio que, en su origen, poseía pinturas españolas pues su construcción data de una época donde la pintura española del siglo XIX alcanzaba un reconocimiento en el mundo entero.
Y cuyo interior fue fotografiado en su época por Albert Levy. Edificio seleccionado para fotografiar, como es habitual en A. Levy, por su arquitecto, tanto arquitecto exterior como arquitecto interior.
Me dirigí al museo preguntando sobre las fotografías de su interior que yo poseía a fin de saber si me podían facilitar datos sobre el proceso fotográfico, su amable contestación fue la siguiente:
........Thank
you so much for your email and inquiry. Unfortunately, we have very
little information on the images themselves, although we do have all
three within
our own archive. After looking on your website, the only varying
information that we are able to provide is that the image listed as
being from the Smoking Room is instead from the Reception Room of the
Nickerson residence.
..............
- Recordemos que, siempre que sea posible, en la búsqueda de datos de fotos es recomendable dirigirse via e mail a las instituciones que puedan facilitar información, máxime si son americanas-USA- pues, habitualmente suelen contestar
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum immerses visitors in one of the grandest residential buildings of 19th-century Chicago, the Gilded Age home of banker Samuel Mayo Nickerson.
About the Driehaus Museum
..........The Richard H. Driehaus Museum immerses visitors in one of the grandest residential buildings of 19th-century Chicago, the Gilded Age home of banker Samuel Mayo Nickerson. Philanthropist Richard H. Driehaus founded the museum on April 1, 2003 with a vision to influence today’s built environment by preserving and promoting architecture and design of the past. To realize his vision, Mr. Driehaus commissioned a five-year restoration effort to preserve the structure and its magnificent interiors...............
The Life and Work of Edward J. Burling, Architect
Edward J. Burling was, arguably, the first great architect in this city of great architects.
In 1844, he became as the second—ever—architect to set up a practice
in the nascent metropolis. In the 1850s and ‘60s, Burling formed
prominent peaks on Chicago’s very first skyline, designing buildings
like the first Chicago Chamber of Commerce, Tribune Building, Holy Name
Cathedral, US Post Office and Customs House, Marine Bank Building, and
Music Hall....
The Samuel M. Nickerson House,
located at 40 East Erie Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of
Chicago, Illinois, is a Chicago Landmark. It was designed by Edward J.
Burling
of the firm of Burling and Whitehouse and built for Samuel and Mathilda
Nickerson in 1883. Samuel M. Nickerson was a prominent figure in the
rising national banking industry, who was said to have owned at one
point more national bank stock than anyone else in the United States.
The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and today is home to the Richard H. Driehaus Museum.