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1. CROCCR_140718_02.JPG: John Rogers The Slave Auction, 1859
2. CROCCR_140718_09.JPG: Stephen William Shaw Portrait of Mark Hopkins, 1874
3. CROCCR_140718_12.JPG: The Big Five These portraits of California's Big Four were part of a group of twenty-seven paintings commissioned by Edwin Crocker from artist Stephen W. Shaw of California's political, business, and cultural leaders. Seven portraits in the series were painted in a larger format and depict men connected with the Central Pacific Railroad. These include the Big Four (Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins, and Charles Crocker); S. S. Mantague, chief engineer for the Central Pacific Railroad; Robert Robinson, attorney for the Central Pacific Railroad; and Judge Crocker, chief legal counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad. By linking California to the rest of the country economically, socially, and politically, the transcontinental railroad enabled the Big Four to become the wealthiest and most powerful men of their generation. Construction of the railroad began on January 8, 1863, and was completed six years later on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah. Judge EB Crocker's role in the project was pivotal, but just one month after the last spike was driven he suffered a paralytic stroke. Had he not be incapacitated and forced into early retirement, Crocker would likely be remembered as one of "The Big Five."
4. CROCCR_140718_18.JPG: Stephen William Shaw Portrait of Leland Stanford, 1874
5. CROCCR_140718_22.JPG: Stephen William Shaw Portrait of Collis P. Huntington, 1873
6. CROCCR_140718_28.JPG: Stephen William Shaw Portrait of Judge E.B. Crocker, 1873
7. CROCCR_140718_34.JPG: Thompson and West Property of Mrs. E.B. Crocker, N. W. Cor. 3rd & P Sts., Sacramento, Cal., c 1880
8. CROCCR_140718_43.JPG: The Crockers and Their Era Edwin Bryant and Margaret Rhodes Crocker became wealthy through EB Crocker's role as the attorney for the Central Pacific Railroad, a position that was instrumental in bringing the railroad to completion. Had Crocker lived longer, today's "Big Four" railroad principals -- Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, Collis P Huntington, and EB Crocker's brother Charles Crocker -- might better be known as the "Big Five." Crocker's first wife, Mary Norton, died in the late 1840s, leaving him with a young daughter. He married Margaret Rhodes in New York on July 8, 1852, just a few days before booking passage to California and settling in Sacramento. He was appointed a State Supreme Court Justice in 1863, but left the bench seven months later to serve as legal counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad Company. With their newfound wealth, the Crockers sought to bring culture to California. A paralytic stroke in June 1869 forced Judge Crocker to retire, but it also allowed him time to commission an art gallery building and embark on a Grand Tour to Europe with his family. Overseas from 1869 to 1871, the Crockers purchased the paintings and drawings that became the core of their museum. When they returned home, they commissioned and purchased works by Californian artists. Edwin did not enjoy his collections or gallery for long. When he died in 1875, the family legacy continued with Margaret. She emerged as a social and civic leader whose most philanthropic act was to present the "EB Crocker Art Gallery" and its collections to the City of Sacramento in May, 1885. Of the five children the Crockers had together, only two survived past their early 20s: Jennie, later Jennie Crocker Fassett, and the notorious Amy (later Aimee). Jennie, the couple's fourth child, married the attorney and businessman Jacob Sloan Fassett and traveled with him to Korea, where they owned seven gold mines. Aimee was an international social success, receiving widespread press for her clothing, travels, tattoos, and five marriages. Jennie had the most impact on her parents' gallery. Not only did she provide funding to help acquire the Crocker family home for future growth of the Museum, but she started the Museum's Asian collection by donating her collection of Korean ceramics. Aim�e Crocker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aim�e Crocker (December 5, 1864 – February 7, 1941) was an American heiress, princess, Bohemian, world traveler, mystic and author best known for her adventures in the Far East, for her extravagant parties in San Francisco, New York and Paris and for her collections of husbands and lovers, adopted children, Buddhas, pearls, tattoos and snakes.
9. CROCCR_140718_46.JPG: John Breuner Judge Crocker's Cylinder Roll-Top Desk, n.d.
10. CROCCR_140718_65.JPG: Truman Edmund Fassett Portrait of Mrs. J.S. Fassett (Jennie Louise Crocker), n.d.
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Wikipedia Description: Crocker Art Museum
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The Crocker Art Museum, formerly the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, is one of the leading arts institutions in California, and the longest continuously-operating art museum in the West. Located in Sacramento, California, the Museum hosts one of the state’s premier collections of Californian art. The collection contains works dating from the Gold Rush to the present day, a world-renowned collection of master drawings, European paintings, one of the largest and most comprehensive international ceramics collections in the U.S. and collections of Asian, African, and Oceanic art. In addition to its collections, the Crocker offers a variety of public programs.

History

In 1869, Edwin B. Crocker, a banker and landowner of great wealth, and Margaret Crocker began to assemble a significant collection of paintings and drawings during an extended trip to Europe just a year after their purchase of land on the corner of Third and O Street in the city of Sacramento. As a prominent California family, the Crockers supported many social and civic causes. Judge Crocker (1818–1875) served on the State Supreme Court. His brother was Charles Crocker, one of the “Big Four” railroad barons. In 1885, his widow, Margaret (1822–1901), fulfilled their shared vision of creating a public art museum when she presented the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery and collection to the City of Sacramento and the California Museum Association, “in trust for the public.” the contents of which were valued at the time at more than $500,000.000.

While the Crocker Art Museum had undertaken a series of renovations and additions since it first opened as a public museum 125 years ago, the facility could not keep pace with the Museum’s burgeoning collection and the growing population of Sacramento and California's Central Valley Region. In 2000, the Crocker began a master planning process with Gwathmey Siegel & Associates and in 2002 commissioned the firm to ...More...
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