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Continued vandalism and thievery led Deshong trustees to close the place until other arrangements could be made.Alfred Deshong, his brother and sister were the last generation of the family, which traced its ances try to 17th century Swedish colonists. The family name came througl Pierre deShaw, a Huguenot (French protestant) who settled in Phi adelphia around the time of the American Revolution. Pierre’s son angli|cized the name and established his family in Chester.Alfred was a great-grandscfn 01 Pierre ana was bom in 1837. In 1850 the family moved to the then newly constructed mansion at 9th St. and Edgmont Ave., now occupiedService and the United Fund olf Southeastern Delware CountyFor 30 years after the Civ........Oldenheimer Deshong, operaitea a stone quarry However, the bulk of Alfred’s fortune came through his father who had owned a mill.During Deshong’s lifetime he was known particularly to Chester Hlt;collection, although he repute the newly developed automobA RETURN TO FAVORThe art collection include including a monumental va Reports indicate his taste in preferred landscapes and sc in the academies of Munich, Recently, according to Dr.ily loved dogs and was enthusiastic about le.i Oriental bronzes and carved ivories, e exhibited at the Centennial of 1876. aintings was more conventional and he es by European artists who had trainedldorf and elsewhere.Dreher, an eminent art historian, such paintings have begun to retuifn to favor with collectors because of the “technical skill and meticulou|s attention to detail’’ that appealed to 19th century art lovers like Desho One of Deshong’s last purchases were a pair of large Foo dogs cast in bronze that once guarded a tejnple in Japan and later spent many yearsg Mansion. They were removed in recent at the site, e university’s permanent collection (of with the Deshong collection ” in the , a program of temporary exhibitions has will be open Mondays through Fridaysflanking the door of the Desho years when vandalism increa Dr. Dreher reported that “ art) will be exhibited alon reopened museum. In additio been arranged and the muse from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.One wing of the museum has been set aside to provide classroom andstudio space, both for regularly-scheduled art history classes and for a series of special lectures and art workshops, which will be open to the public, Dr. Dreher reported.Among the works of art to txfe transferred from the Widener campus to the Deshong Museum is the collection of porcelain given in memory of Mrs. Alberta Koch, Dr. Dreher said. The Koch Memorial Room will be reinstalled at the Deshong Museum and will serve as a study and meeting room.
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Delaware County Daily Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Oct 19, 1979
Page 7
Full Page
Clipped by
Jill B.
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