Back صموئيل هنري كريس Arabic صموئيل هنرى كريس ARZ Samuel Henry Kress Catalan Samuel H. Kress German Samuel Henry Kress Spanish Samuel Henry Kress French Samuel Henry Kress Italian Samuel Henry Kress Polish 山缪·亨利·卡瑞斯 Chinese
Samuel Henry Kress | |
|---|---|
 Samuel H. Kress c. 1910 | |
| Born | July 23, 1863 |
| Died | September 22, 1955 (aged 92) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Founder of S. H. Kress & Co. |
Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863 – September 22, 1955) was a businessman, philanthropist, and founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent store chain. With his fortune, Kress amassed one of the most significant collections of Italian Renaissance and European artwork assembled in the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, a foundation established by Kress would donate 776 works of art from the Kress collection to 18 regional art museums in the United States.[1]
- ^ Gehman, Geoff (October 7, 2007), "Friendship brought Old Masters treasure trove to Allentown.", The Morning Call, pp. E.01