OLNEY ART GALLERY - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
The OLNEY ART GALLERY was a privately owned and operated art gallery on Jennings Ave. (W. 14th St.). It was established in 1893 by Prof. Chas. Fayette Olney and his wife, Abigail, after the tremendous success of the ART LOAN EXHIBITIONS assured the Olneys that Cleveland needed an art gallery.
 
Interior view of the Olney Art Gallery, ca. 1890s. The collection was later transferred to the Dudley Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. WRHS.
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Objects from the Olneys' private collection were the basis of the gallery, although at times other prominent Cleveland citizens, including Windsor T. White and
CHAS. F. BRUSH†, donated works for display. The gallery operated out of a long, narrow brick-and-stone building that housed over 200 objects, including oil and watercolor paintings, porcelains, and statuary. In 1896 the gallery was one of several in the U.S. that displayed Hungarian artist Michel Leib Munkacsy's
Christ before Pilate. The gallery closed in 1907, 4 years after Olney died; the bulk of the collection was left to Oberlin College.
Last Modified: 27 Mar 1998 10:48:25 AM
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