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Lessing Julius Rosenwald (February 10, 1891 – June 24, 1979) was an American businessman, a collector of rare books and art, a chess patron, and a philanthropist. Biography.
In 1943, at the height of WWII, Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891-1979) announced that he would donate the entirety of his graphic arts collection, as well as all future purchases, to both the Library of Congress and the National Gallery of Art.
Date: 1516. Resource: View 124 Pages. Book/Printed Material. Renati Des-Cartes Principia philosophiae. Title vignette: device of Louis Elzevir.
Rattling off several levels of connoisseurship, from the lowest to the highest, Canaday announced that Lessing J. Rosenwald reached the zenith. This for a man who was not really from the art world at all, but had headed up Sears and Roebuck’s catalogue division in Philadelphia.
Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Schöner, Johann - Stuchs, Georg - Early Printing Collection (Library of Congress) Date: 1515 Resource: View 164 Pages
Jun 26, 1979 · Lessing J. Rosenwald, former chairman of Sears, Roebuck & Company, who gave the United States Government collections of prints, drawings and books now worth more than $35 million, died of a...
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Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector. Ruth E. Fine. Published 1982. 272 pages. Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector honors one of the founding benefactors of the National Gallery of Art and the Gallery’s foremost donor of prints and drawings.
