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Her father was [[Robert Pearsall Smith]], her mother [[Hannah Whitall Smith]]. She studied at the Harvard Annex in 1884-1885.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://berenson.itatti.harvard.edu/berenson/items/show/3030|title = Mary Whitall Smith at the Harvard Annex|date = 2012|accessdate = June 4, 2014|website = Berenson and Harvard|author = Tiffany L. Johnston|publisher = The President and Fellows of Harvard College|last = |first = }}</ref> Here Mary met the Irish [[barrister]] Benjamin Conn "Frank" Costelloe, whom she married in 1885. This marriage was the occasion for the whole family, including her brother [[Logan Pearsall Smith]] and sister [[Alys Pearsall Smith]] to move to England in 1888.<ref>[http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=6756&inst_id=65 The Strachey Papers at the Archives in London and the M25 Area]</ref> Mary separated from Costelloe, with whom she had two children, after a few years together.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=A WORLD OF WOMEN|last=Adams.''|first=Pauline Maier; Pauline Maier Is Professor Of History At The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Her Most Recent Book Is ''the Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives In The Age Of Samuel|date=1982-12-12|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref> She took up in Italy with Bernard Berenson, whom she eventually married in 1900. Her US lecture tours were instrumental in developing an interest in Italian Renaissance art among wealthy American collectors during the first decade of the twentieth century.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnston|first1=Tiffany|title="Mary Berenson and the Cultivation of American Collectors," in A Market for Merchant Princes: Collecting Italian Renaissance Paintings in America|date=2015|publisher=Penn State University Press|location=University Park, PA|isbn=978-0-271-06471-0|page=72}}</ref> |
Her father was [[Robert Pearsall Smith]], her mother [[Hannah Whitall Smith]]. She studied at the Harvard Annex in 1884-1885.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://berenson.itatti.harvard.edu/berenson/items/show/3030|title = Mary Whitall Smith at the Harvard Annex|date = 2012|accessdate = June 4, 2014|website = Berenson and Harvard|author = Tiffany L. Johnston|publisher = The President and Fellows of Harvard College|last = |first = }}</ref> Here Mary met the Irish [[barrister]] Benjamin Conn "Frank" Costelloe, whom she married in 1885. This marriage was the occasion for the whole family, including her brother [[Logan Pearsall Smith]] and sister [[Alys Pearsall Smith]] to move to England in 1888.<ref>[http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=6756&inst_id=65 The Strachey Papers at the Archives in London and the M25 Area]</ref> Mary separated from Costelloe, with whom she had two children, after a few years together.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=A WORLD OF WOMEN|last=Adams.''|first=Pauline Maier; Pauline Maier Is Professor Of History At The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Her Most Recent Book Is ''the Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives In The Age Of Samuel|date=1982-12-12|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref> She took up in Italy with Bernard Berenson, whom she eventually married in 1900. Her US lecture tours were instrumental in developing an interest in Italian Renaissance art among wealthy American collectors during the first decade of the twentieth century.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnston|first1=Tiffany|title="Mary Berenson and the Cultivation of American Collectors," in A Market for Merchant Princes: Collecting Italian Renaissance Paintings in America|date=2015|publisher=Penn State University Press|location=University Park, PA|isbn=978-0-271-06471-0|page=72}}</ref> |
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Subsequently, Berenson brought together a social circle at [[Villa I Tatti]]', the Berenson home, and developed its gardens.<ref>[http://www.itatti.it/gardens.html The garden of Villa I Tatti: some historical notes in The Harvard university Center for Italian Renaissance Studies]</ref> Through her daughters, [[Ray Strachey]] and [[Karin Stephen]], she was related by marriage to the [[Bloomsbury Group]] of English artists and literary figures, as her son-in-law [[Adrian Stephen]] was [[Virginia Woolf]]'s brother.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|title=Who's Who in Bloomsbury|date=1987|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|pages=17-18}}</ref> |
Subsequently, Berenson brought together a social circle at [[Villa I Tatti]]', the Berenson home, and developed its gardens.<ref>[http://www.itatti.it/gardens.html The garden of Villa I Tatti: some historical notes in The Harvard university Center for Italian Renaissance Studies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190347/http://www.itatti.it/gardens.html |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> Through her daughters, [[Ray Strachey]] and [[Karin Stephen]], she was related by marriage to the [[Bloomsbury Group]] of English artists and literary figures, as her son-in-law [[Adrian Stephen]] was [[Virginia Woolf]]'s brother.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|title=Who's Who in Bloomsbury|date=1987|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|pages=17-18}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:43, 4 June 2017
Mary Berenson (Pennsylvania, 1864 – 1945), née Mary Whitall Smith, was an art historian, now thought to have had a large hand in some of the writings of her second husband, Bernard Berenson.[1]
Biography
Her father was Robert Pearsall Smith, her mother Hannah Whitall Smith. She studied at the Harvard Annex in 1884-1885.[2] Here Mary met the Irish barrister Benjamin Conn "Frank" Costelloe, whom she married in 1885. This marriage was the occasion for the whole family, including her brother Logan Pearsall Smith and sister Alys Pearsall Smith to move to England in 1888.[3] Mary separated from Costelloe, with whom she had two children, after a few years together.[4] She took up in Italy with Bernard Berenson, whom she eventually married in 1900. Her US lecture tours were instrumental in developing an interest in Italian Renaissance art among wealthy American collectors during the first decade of the twentieth century.[5]
Subsequently, Berenson brought together a social circle at Villa I Tatti', the Berenson home, and developed its gardens.[6] Through her daughters, Ray Strachey and Karin Stephen, she was related by marriage to the Bloomsbury Group of English artists and literary figures, as her son-in-law Adrian Stephen was Virginia Woolf's brother.[7]
See also
Women in the art history field
Notes
- ^ "Dictionary of Art Historians - Mary Berenson". www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ Tiffany L. Johnston (2012). "Mary Whitall Smith at the Harvard Annex". Berenson and Harvard. The President and Fellows of Harvard College. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^ The Strachey Papers at the Archives in London and the M25 Area
- ^ Adams., Pauline Maier; Pauline Maier Is Professor Of History At The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Her Most Recent Book Is the Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives In The Age Of Samuel (1982-12-12). "A WORLD OF WOMEN". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Johnston, Tiffany (2015). "Mary Berenson and the Cultivation of American Collectors," in A Market for Merchant Princes: Collecting Italian Renaissance Paintings in America. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-271-06471-0.
- ^ The garden of Villa I Tatti: some historical notes in The Harvard university Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Palmer, Alan (1987). Who's Who in Bloomsbury. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 17–18.
References
- Barbara Strachey and Jayne Samuels (1983), Mary Berenson: a Self Portrait from her Letters & Diaries
