(Q1201549)

The museum’s German-born director, Wilhelm R. Valentiner, who led the institution from 1924 to 1945, spent his summers collecting in Europe and spotted the painting in a gallery in London in June of 1930. Telegrams flew across the Atlantic between Valentiner and the Arts Commission, a board appointed by the city of Detroit to oversee the museum, leading to the negotiation of a purchase price of nearly $38,000 covered by municipal funds. (English)

stated in

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

page(s)

186

Graham W. J. Beal

start time

1999

end time

2015

1 reference

stated in

It began with an art show

reference URL

http://web.archive.org/web/20120603190557/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20071106/ENT05/711060400/It-began-with-an-art-show

Edgar Richardson

start time

1945

end time

1962

2 references

stated in

It began with an art show

reference URL

http://web.archive.org/web/20120603190557/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20071106/ENT05/711060400/It-began-with-an-art-show

quotation

1945 Edgar P. Richardson succeeds Valentiner as director.1960 The DIA encloses open garden court in the midst of the European galleries with a glass pyramidal roof, creating the Kresge Court.1962 Willis F. Woods succeeds Richardson as director.From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20071106/ENT05/711060400#ixzz1wlAxGXzd (English)

stated in

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

page(s)

186

Frederick J. Cummings

start time

1973

end time

1984

1 reference

stated in

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

page(s)

186

Clyde Huntley Burroughs

start time

1917

end time

1924

quotation

Burroughs' time as Director bridged the earlier private Detroit Museum of Art and the public Detroit Institute of Arts which was organized as a municipal entity in 1919. (English)

2 references

stated in

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

page(s)

57

stated in

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

186

1962

Grigaut served as acting director seven months. (English)

1 reference

stated in

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

186

1962

1973

1 reference

stated in

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

186

1985

1997

2 references

stated in

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

page(s)

186

stated in

A Museum on the Verge : A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882-2000.

245

1984

1985

Kan served as acting director 14 months. (English)

1 reference

stated in

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

186

1997

1999

Parrish served as interim director. (English)

1 reference

stated in

A Museum on the Verge : A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882-2000.

page(s)

250

country

United States of America

2 references

imported from Wikimedia project

English Wikipedia

Charity Navigator ID (obsolete)

3619

located in the administrative territorial entity

0 references

0 references

0 references

0 references

1 reference

https://www.dia.org/visit

coordinate location

42°21'33.912"N, 83°3'52.474"W

1 reference

reference URL

https://www.dia.org/visit

member of

North American Reciprocal Museum Association

1 reference

reference URL

https://narmassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/NARM_FALL-2022.pdf

retrieved

3 October 2022

Association of Midwest Museums

1 reference

reference URL

https://web.archive.org/web/20160923131950/http://www.midwestmuseums.org/member_listing.html

legal form

501(c)(3) organization

1 reference

reference URL

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/381359510

retrieved

4 February 2022

total revenue

58,989,129 United States dollar

point in time

2017

1 reference

Charity Navigator ID (obsolete)

3619

retrieved

13 January 2019

75,608,512 United States dollar

point in time

2020

1 reference

reference URL

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/381359510

Charity Navigator ID (obsolete)

3619

retrieved

4 February 2022

76,101,493 United States dollar

point in time

2019

1 reference

Charity Navigator ID (obsolete)

3619

retrieved

4 February 2022

reference URL

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/381359510

64,251,309 United States dollar

point in time

2018

1 reference

Charity Navigator ID (obsolete)

3619

retrieved

4 February 2022

reference URL

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/381359510

has subsidiary

Russell A. Alger House Museum

start time

1936

end time

1948

1 reference

stated in

finding aid

replaces

Detroit Museum of Art

point in time

1919

1 reference

published in

A Museum on the Verge : A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882-2000.

page(s)

104-111

architectural style

Beaux-Arts

0 references

date of official opening

1885

1 reference

imported from Wikimedia project

Italian Wikipedia

7 October 1927^Gregorian

1 reference

stated in

A Museum on the Verge : A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882-2000.

page(s)

121

heritage designation

National Register of Historic Places contributing property

start time

21 November 1983

part of

Cultural Center Historic District

0 references

street address

Woodward Avenue (English)

house number

5200

0 references

postal code

48202

0 references

phone number

+1 (313) 833-7900

1 reference

reference URL

https://www.dia.org/visit

official website

http://www.dia.org/

language of work or name

English

1 reference

imported from Wikimedia project

English Wikipedia

terms of service URL

https://www.dia.org/art/rights-reproduction

language of work or name

1 reference

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WPS-KJptUJ-o8SXtg00llcxq0IKJu8eO6Ege_GrLaNc

retrieved

19 May 2021

depicted by

Suit seeks to affirm ownership of painting

1 reference

reference URL

http://web.archive.org/web/20210905011926/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AidzVQSzX9VgJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.toledoblade.com%2Ffrontpage%2F2006%2F01%2F26%2FSuit-seeks-to-affirm-ownership-of-painting%2Fstories%2F200601260091+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari

described by source

Open GLAM Survey

point in time

31 October 2019

30 April 2020

3 August 2021

1 March 2022

2 July 2023

27 June 2023

16 May 2024

7 references

stated in

Open GLAM Survey, version of 31 October 2019

reference URL

https://archive.org/details/OpenGLAM_Survey_20191031

retrieved

30 November 2019

stated in

Open GLAM Survey, version of 30 April 2020

reference URL

https://archive.org/details/OpenGLAM_Survey_20200430

retrieved

27 July 2020

stated in

Open GLAM Survey, version of 3 August 2021

reference URL

https://archive.org/details/OpenGLAM_Survey_20210803

retrieved

4 August 2021

stated in

Open GLAM Survey, version of 17 February 2022

reference URL

https://archive.org/details/OpenGLAM_Survey_20220217

retrieved

1 March 2022

reference URL

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WPS-KJptUJ-o8SXtg00llcxq0IKJu8eO6Ege_GrLaNc

retrieved

2 July 2023

stated in

Open GLAM Survey, version of 27 June 2023

reference URL

https://archive.org/details/open-glam-survey-backup-20230627

retrieved

27 June 2023

stated in

Open GLAM Survey, version of 16 May 2024

reference URL

https://archive.org/details/open-glam-survey-backup-20240516

retrieved

16 May 2024

Why two American museums are fighting to keep art stolen by the Nazis

1 reference

reference URL

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/why-two-american-museums-are-fighting-to-keep-art-stolen-by-the-nazis/2015/06/30/16aef5ae-1bad-11e5-bd7f-4611a60dd8e5_story.html

quotation

The Detroit Institute of Arts, also criticized in the new WJRO report for going to court over Van Gogh’s “The Diggers,” had a similar case. Museum director Graham Beal says the museum spent 18 months and $500,000 to research the painting and determined that it was sold, in 1938, for fair market value and not under duress. The family making the claim disagreed. The museum, Beal says, was forced to file suit based on the statute of limitations. (English)