Word: mastbaum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first anniversary of the death of Jules E, Mastbaum, wealthy cinema theatre proprietor, French Government officials and noted citizens of Philadelphia last week watched a hole being made in the ground. This hole was the beginning of a museum, paid for by the wealth of Mr. Mastbaum, to house works of null Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). In it will be assembled the finest U. S. collection of his works. Outside and in front of it will be gardens and a statue, not of Mr. Mastbaum, but of The Thinker, Sculptor Rodin's most famed work...
Philadelphia, city of feuds in art and music, gave official approval last week to the late Sculptor August Rodin. Mayor Kendrick, after conferring with his subordinates, announced that, yes, the city would accept from Jules E. Mastbaum, theatre owner and philanthropist, a million-dollar collection of Sculptor Rodin's works and a $400,000 museum to keep them in. Architects Paul Cret and Jacques Greber having completed their plans, there was nothing further to hinder the museum's erection at Parkway & 23rd...
Died. Jules E. Mastbaum, 54, cinema theatre magnate, philanthropist, art collector; in Philadelphia, in the arms of his mother; of pneumonia and uremia, following operation. He was brother of Mrs. Ellis A. Gimbel and Mrs. Louis Gimbel of Manhattan (Gimbel's Department Store). Rising from messenger boy he acquired a fortune estimated as between 5,000,000 and $20,000,000; purchased by degrees the largest collection of Rodin statues known (245 pieces), of which he secured 98 in one shipment (TIME...
...Imitations, of course," suggested the dubious. "Originals!" thund ered Jules Mastbaum. The purchase, which involved a year's negotiations with the French Ministry of Beaux Arts and with M. Benedite, venerable curator of the Musee Rodin, includes The Thinker (one of the five bronzes cast from the original mold) and reproductions of Adam and L'Ondre from the group at Rodin's grave. Mr. Mastbaum will lend the collection to the SesquiCentennial Exposition at Philadelphia next year...
Beside Mr. Mastbaum's, there are in the U. S. three notable collections of Rodins...