Art’s Catherine Scallen explains the increase of art collectors in the late 1800s

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Dataomaha.com: Catherine Scallen, chair of the Department of Art History and Art, discussed the increase in art collectors in the late 1800s. “All of a sudden, we have American millionaires who are trying to fit into the conventional notions of what it means to be a successful member of society,” she said. “And that included owning art.”