Rush Harrison Kress

Alternative Title

Kress, Rush Harrison

Identifier

nyuhsl/41ns1swj

Collection

Historic Images

Linked Agent

Creator (cre): New York University School of Medicine

Resource Type

Still Image

Genre

Portraits

Description

Portrait of Rush Harrison Kress (1877-1963). Kress served as president of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, established by his brother, from 1955 to 1963. The Kress Foundation distributed approximately 31,000 artworks to museums throughout the United States. Through the Foundation, Rush Kress also gifted $8,375,000 to the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center to provide post-graduate training for practicing physicians.

Physical Form

B&W print

Extent

8x10

Subject

Philanthropists

Geographic Subject

United States of America
New York City
Subjects (name)
Kress, Rush Harrison, 1877-1963

Note

Office of Public Information.

Rights

Reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research uses only, in accordance with the Copyright law (Title 17, United States Code). Reproductions are the sole and exclusive property of the NYU Medical Archives and may not be reproduced in any fashion or used for any purpose other than private scholarship without the express written consent of the NYU Medical Archives.