János Scholz

János Scholz (December 20, 1903 – June 3, 1993) was a Hungarian-born American cellist and art collector.

János Scholz
Born	December 20, 1903 Sopron, Hungary
Died	June 3, 1993 New York City, U.S.
Education	Franz Liszt Academy of Music
Occupation	Cellist, art collector
Spouse(s)	Anne Bigelow Rosen Helen Marshall Schelling
Children	3 sons

Early life

Scholz was born in 1903 in Sopron, Hungary.[1][2] He graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.[1]

Career

Scholz began playing the cello with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra.[3] He joined the Roth Quartet in 1932.[1] By 1933, he was a cellist in New York City.[1] He became "one of the great cellists of the twentieth century."[3] He also taught at Columbia University and New York University.[1]

Scholz began his Italian Art collection in 1935 which grew to 1500 drawings. Representing drawings of both major and minor artists of Italy they are noted for the quality of individual works and the comprehensive nature. In 1973, he donated the works, including "drawings by Pisanello, Veronese, Titian, Guercino, and Piranesi",[4] to Morgan Library & Museum.[2]

Scholz conducted seminars for New York University Institute of Fine Arts, Columbia University and the New School for Social Research providing rare first hand contact with works through his collection. Many exhibitions were organized in the U.S., Canada and Italy.[5] [6]

Personal life and death

Scholz was married twice.[1] His first wife was Anne Bigelow Rosen. His second wife, Helen Marshall Schelling, was the widow of conductor Ernest Schelling. They resided on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York City. Scholz had two sons with Anne Bigelow Rosen and one with Helen Marshall Schelling.[1]

Scholz died on June 3, 1993 in New York City, at age 89.[1]

Selected works

• Scholz, Janos (Spring 1960). "Connoisseurship and the Training of the Eye". College Art Journal. 19 (3): 226–230. doi:10.2307/773956. JSTOR 773956.
• Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, From The Janos Scholz Collection, Selected And Described by Janos Scholz[7]

References

1. Pace, Eric (June 6, 1993). "Janos Scholz, 89, Cellist, Scholar And Morgan Library Benefactor". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
2. "János Scholz (Biographical details)". British Museum. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
3. Smith, Graham (2003). "Photographs in the Janos Scholz Collection". History of Photography. 27 (2): 197–200. doi:10.1080/03087298.2003.10443276. S2CID 191376987.
4. "Scholz, János". The Frick Collection. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
5. Gingold, Diane J. (1976). Venetian Drawings From The Collection Of Janos Scholz. Montgomery Alabama: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. pp. 9–10.
6. Moir, Alfred (1974). Drawings by Seventeenth Century Italian Masters from the Collection of Janos Scholz. Santa Barbara, California: The Regents, University of California, santa Barbara. pp. 6–7.
7. Scholz, Janos (1976). Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, From The Janos Scholz Collection, Selected And Described By Janos Scholz. New York, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., New York.

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