{"id":132,"date":"2020-04-30T02:14:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T06:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-3570-spring-2020\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2020-05-05T19:56:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:56:26","slug":"snedecor-driscoll-babcock-gallery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-3570-spring-2020\/gallery-bios\/snedecor-driscoll-babcock-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Snedecor\/Driscoll Babcock Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Active Dates: <\/b>1852-present (Driscoll Babcock)<\/span><\/p>\n

Gallerist: <\/b>John Snedecor<\/span><\/p>\n

Location:<\/b><\/p>\n

1852: <\/span>Founded1<\/a><\/sup>\u201cWho\u2019s Who Among Art Dealers,\u201d American Art Annual, Volume XVII (Washington DC: American Federation of Arts, 1920), p. 423. New York Public Library. (Scanned by Google Books)<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1855-1861: <\/span>544 Broadway and 38 White Street2<\/a><\/sup> Kevin J Avery et al. Art in the Empire City: New York, 1825-1861. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000), 74. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1860: auction at 544 Broadway3<\/a><\/sup>Classified Ad, New York Times, January 30 1860.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[1860?-mid-1870s]4<\/a><\/sup>:* All locations in brackets derived from map in \u201cVenerable Gallery in Modern Move,\u201d Wall Street Journal, August 10th, 2012. https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10000872396390443404004577581462636419698<\/a><\/span><\/span> 768 Broadway (as Snedecor\u2019s Gallery, 1869)5<\/a><\/sup>On Free Exhibition, at John Snederor’s Art Gallery: No. 768 Broadway, New York, Paintings by Four of Our Most Eminent American Artists. Thomas Hill, Geo. L. Brown, Eastman Johnson, A. Bierstadt (1869). Exhibition Catalogue at New York Historical Society. [Not scanned.]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[mid-1870s-mid-1880s]: <\/span>176 Fifth Avenue<\/span><\/p>\n

[mid-1880s- 1899?]: <\/span>110 W. 18<\/span>th<\/span> St.<\/span><\/p>\n

[1899?- 1911?]: <\/span>366 Fifth Avenue<\/span><\/p>\n

[1911?-1918]: <\/span>107 W. 56<\/span>th<\/span> St.<\/span><\/p>\n

[1918-late 1920s]: <\/span>19 E. 49<\/span>th<\/span> St (as Babcock Galleries)<\/span><\/p>\n

[late 1920s-mid 1930s]: <\/span>5 E. 57<\/span>th<\/span> St.<\/span><\/p>\n

[mid-1930s-mid 1950s]: <\/span>38 E. 57<\/span>th<\/span> St.<\/span><\/p>\n

[mid 1950s-late 1970s]: <\/span>805 Madison Avenue<\/span><\/p>\n

[late 1970s-late 1980s]: <\/span>20 E. 67<\/span>th<\/span> St.<\/span><\/p>\n

[late 1980s-2012]: <\/span>724 Fifth Avenue<\/span><\/p>\n

[2012-present]: 525 W. 25<\/span>th<\/span> St. (as Driscoll Babcock)<\/span><\/p>\n

Present: <\/span>22 East 80th Street6<\/a><\/sup>Driscoll Babcock Galleries LLC (website), Accessed April 21st, 2020, http:\/\/www.driscollbabcock.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Specialty:<\/b> American and European Art<\/span><\/p>\n

Gallery History<\/b><\/p>\n

The Babcock Galleries were founded by John Snedecor in 1852, as the first New York gallery to specialize in American Art.7<\/a><\/sup>\u201cWho\u2019s Who Among Art Dealers,\u201d 423. <\/span><\/span> Early on, Snedecor served as an auctioneer and seller of artists\u2019 supplies, frames, and mirrors as well as American paintings. 8<\/a><\/sup>Appendix entry in Art in the Empire City, 74<\/span><\/span>\u201cSnedecor\u2019s Gallery,\u201d experienced successes including its 1866 sale of George Inness\u2019s work, involving <\/span>Peace and Plenty<\/span><\/i>, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/span>.9<\/a><\/sup>John Driscoll and Micheal St. Clair. Traditions.<\/span> The gallery offered free exhibitions such as a show in 1869, \u201cPaintings by Four of Our Most Eminent American Artists. Thomas Hill, Geo L Brown, Eastman Johnson, A. Bierstadt.\u201d10<\/a><\/sup>On Free Exhibition, at John Snedecor’s Art Gallery: No. 768 Broadway, New York, Paintings by Four of Our Most Eminent American Artists. Thomas Hill, Geo. L. Brown, Eastman Johnson, A. Bierstadt (1869). Exhibition Catalogue at New York Historical Society [Not scanned]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John Snedecor died in 1896 and was succeeded as Director by his son Charles. When Charles died in 1917, the partner E.C. Babcock, who had joined the firm as a partner in 1911, assumed the position of Director and changed the gallery\u2019s name to Babcock\u2019s Galleries in 1918. The gallery continued to specialize in American paintings, handling work by Asher B Durand, Sanford Gifford, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassat, Childe Hassam, and Marsden Hartley.11<\/a><\/sup>Driscoll Babcock Galleries LLC. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The Babcock Gallery mounted numerous exhibitions during the years of World War II, under the directorship of Carmine Dalesio.12<\/a><\/sup>Doris Straus, \u201cYou Buy Art, We Buy Bond: Art Galleries in NYC during WWII.\u201d<\/span><\/span> In addition to American Art, the gallery exhibited European art in the late 20th century. Since its original opening in 1852, the gallery has moved thirteen times, occupying buildings in Downtown, Midtown, and Chelsea. John Driscoll, who bought the gallery in 1987, oversaw many of these moves. The Driscoll Babcock gallery is currently located on East 80<\/span>th<\/span> Street. John Driscoll passed away in April 2020 from Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n

John Driscoll Obituary: <\/span>http:\/\/www.driscollbabcock.com\/exhibitions\/installation\/john-driscoll-1949-2020#press-release<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Illustrations<\/b><\/p>\n

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George Inness, Peace and Plenty, Oil on Canvas, 1865<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Map of Gallery Location Changes. Published in \u201cVenerable Gallery in Modern Move,\u201d The Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Date Written:<\/b> April 21st, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Authors\u2019 Initials:<\/b> PF, CT<\/span><\/p>\n

Snedecor’s\/Driscoll Babcock Galleries Bio PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Primary Sources<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cBabcock Galleries,\u201d Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America, Frick\u00a0<\/span>Collection. https:\/\/research.frick.org\/directory\/detail\/690<\/span><\/p>\n

Classified Ad, <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i>, January 30 1860.<\/span><\/p>\n

The New York Historical Society Archives, materials 1920-1958.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/bobcat.library.nyu.edu\/primo-explore\/search?vid=NYHS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s Who Among Art Dealers,\u201d <\/span>American Art Annual<\/span><\/i>, Volume XVII. Washington DC:\u00a0<\/span>American Federation of Arts, 1920. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondary Sources<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Avery, Kevin J, Carrie R. Barratt, Dell Upton, Elliot Bostwick Davis, Morrison\u00a0 Heckscher,\u00a0<\/span>Thayer Tolles, Amelia Peck, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Caroline Rennolds Milbank, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Deborah Dependahl Waters.\u00a0 <\/span>Art in the Empire City: New York, 1825-1861.<\/span><\/i> New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. <\/span>https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=j8dzQHVdv9oC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Driscoll, John and Micheal St. Clair.<\/span> Traditions: The Babcock Galleries and American Art<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0 New\u00a0<\/span>York: Babcock Galleries, 1989.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Driscoll Babcock Galleries LLC (website).\u00a0 Accessed April 21st, 2020. <\/span>http:\/\/www.driscollbabcock.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Straus, Doris, \u201cYou Buy Art, We Buy Bond: Art Galleries in NYC during WWII,\u201d New York\u00a0<\/span>Public Library Blog, December 7, 2015.\u00a0 Accessed April 20<\/span>th<\/span>, 2020. <\/span>https:\/\/www.nypl.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/07\/nyc-art-galleries-wwii<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cVenerable Gallery in Modern Move,\u201d Wall Street Journal, August 10th, 2012.\u00a0 <\/span>https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10000872396390443404004577581462636419698<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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