Tag: Larz Anderson

Lecture – “Wonderland of the World”: The Andersons and Japan

Japan was a touchstone in the lives of Larz and Isabel Anderson, who traveled to the country four times during the so-called “Gilded Age,” when status was expressed in part through collecting fine art. The couple assembled a large collection of Meiji-period Japanese art and displayed much of it amidst the western-style interiors and décor […]

Lunch Bite – Larz Anderson before Isabel

Larz and Isabel Anderson met in 1895, were married in 1897 and began the construction of Anderson House in 1902. But what was Larz Anderson’s life like before he met his wife? Join Kelsey Atwood, tour and public program manager, for a look at his early years through photographs, letters and journals that reveal little-known […]