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James F. Ballard
James Franklin Ballard (July 16, 1851 - April 23, 1931) was an American entrepreneur and art collector specializing in rugs from Asia and the Middle East, and medieval prints by such artists as Albrecht Dürer.〔Shoemaker Page 617-619〕 During his lifetime his art collection achieved national fame among art critics and collectors.〔Greater St. Louis (November 1921)〕
==Art Collection==
Ballard traveled the world in search of art to buy, but most especially rugs.〔 He started collecting rugs in 1905 He traveled over 470,000 miles through Southeast Asia,〔New York Herald ()〕 China, the Caucasus Mountains, India, Northern Africa, the Middle East, and all over Europe.〔The John Herron Art Institute Page v-vii〕 His travels found him in Egypt during the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.〔 He was briefly imprisoned by the Greek government, and witnessed the Great Fire of Smyrna (now Izmir).〔Derrough, Peggy, ()〕
The earliest of Ballard’s rugs are from the 10th century.〔 In 1922 Ballard presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, a collection of 126 oriental rugs that at the time was valued at half a million dollars.〔New York Evening World〕 Later he brought an additional two rugs, one of which featured the coat of arms of Tamerlane, the founder of the Timurid Empire.〔St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat ()〕 He also gave a substantial collection of rugs to the Saint Louis Art Museum.
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