the de young museum is named after m.h. de young.
who is the de young museum named after?
m.h. de young
de young, inspired by the events of the chicago world’s fair, led a campaign to bring a world’s fair to san francisco. de young then became the director-general of the california midwinter international exposition of 1894. during a visit to new york city, de young was inspired by the metropolitan museum of art’s location in central park. as a result, de young wanted the fair to be held in golden gate park. however, john mclaren, the superintendent of golden gate park, was concerned about how the removal of many trees would affect the environment of the park. in a intense debate, de young asked mclaren, “what is a tree? “what are a thousand trees compared to the benefits of the exposition?” significantly, de young owned about 31 blocks south of the park and could have been motivated by the fair’s potential positive impacts on his real estate holdings. while the vast majority of the fair’s buildings were destroyed, de young persuaded the city to save the fine arts building. the building was renamed the m.h. de young memorial museum after de young's death. de young supported the museum throughout his life and bequeathed $150,000 to the museum upon his death.
m. h. de young
bullet::::- "figure studies of a man and a seated woman" (de young museum)





















































bullet::::- studies of a male figure with a sword (de young museum)





















































bullet::::- madonna and child (de young museum)





















































bullet::::- figure studies of a man and a standing woman (de young museum)





















































bullet::::- "joachim and anna" (1590, etching, de young museum)





















































bullet::::- "the annunciation" (museum of fine arts, budapest)





















































bullet::::- "death of st claire with pope innocent iv's blessing", drawing fitzwilliam museum, cambridge, uk





















































bullet::::- christ on the cross with virgin, magdalen, & saint john (courtauld institute of art, london)
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