Anthony J. Drexel’s appreciation for art started early in his life especially since his father, Francis Martin Drexel, was a portrait painter. A.J. Drexel collected many 19th century paintings and ...

If Isabella Gardner was the public face of Gilded Age affluence, then Katharine Drexel was its conscience. Her father, Francis Anthony Drexel, was a highly respected banker and son of the founder ...

The Founding Collection has the largest collection of paintings by family patriarch, Francis Martin Drexel, painter turned banker, as well as furnishings, paintings and sculpture from Anthony J.