Art Collection
Dan’s home is a salon style gallery of art and violin memorabilia, and is open for friendly viewing by appointment. Equally interested in preserving the historic and nurturing the living, he regularly throws “Art Parties” to raise money for charities.
An avid collector even as a kid (baseball cards, stamps, bottles), in grad school, Dan discovered the new invention of eBay. At this time in his life, he was obsessed with historical violinists, and eBay proved to be an endless resource for building up credit card debt. Over the course of a decade, he built one of the largest collections of violinist memorabilia in the world (over 2,000 pieces) and an interesting accumulation of LPs, 78s, and mutes. He’s given presentations with his collection at universities and some of his collection was featured on a documentary for Czech Television, created by violinist Pavel Sporcl. The collection includes programs, photos, autographs, ads, handbills, posters, and trading cards of everybody from Paganini, Vieuxtemps, Joachim, Sarasate, and Wieniawski to Midori, Perlman, and Repin, with an entire scrapbook dedicated just for Heifetz.
Dan began collecting original works of art in 2011 when he purchased a Renoir etching from Christopher Clark Fine Art in San Francisco. Soon thereafter, he became obsessed with scouring the French auction houses for works by all the artists who participated in the Impressionist exhibits of the 1870s and 1880s. He found that etchings by the famous artists, and the oils, watercolors, and drawings by the unknown artists, were all affordable. Thus, the amassing began… Shortly after that, he learned that Camille Pissarro had many descendants who were/are fine artists, so they all found their way into his home, too.
A few years later, he discovered Art Span Open Studios in San Francisco. His obsession then began to encompass new works by living local artists; these people are so much more fun than musicians. Then came the commissioning. He commissioned Paul Gibson to paint his portrait, Cynthia Alvarez to paint his cat, and Mark Stivers to feature him in cartoons.
The art collection now holds well over 100 original works. Notable artists include Maximilien Luce, Robert Antoine Pinchon, Albert Marie Lebourg, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Karl Schmidt, Jean-Louis Forain, Maurice Louvrier, Armand Guillaumin, Federico Zandomeneghi, Claude-Émile Schuffenecker, Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Rembrandt, Camille Pissarro and eight of his descendants, ancient statues from Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Americas, and a unique photo by Ansel Adams that has never been reproduced. Highlights of the collection can be seen below (watermark is to prevent reproduction). None of these works are for sale, but Dan does have many pieces for sale in his Ebay store, Historical Music and Art.

Nikki Vismara, acrylic on canvas, 2019

Niccolo Paganini, 1828 Broadside

Karl Schmidt, oil on board, c. 1940

Maximilien Luce, oil on panel, c. 1930

Cecilia Hansen, signed photo, 1927 and signed Tchaikovsky quote, 1909

Albert-Marie Lebourg, oil on canvas, c. 1890

Otokar Sevcik, autographed photo, 1927 ex- David Sanders

Paulémile Pissarro, oil on canvas, c. 1970

Jean-François Raffaelli, oil on canvas, 1896

Robert-Antoine Pinchon, oil on canvas, 1928

Albert-Marie Lebourg, oil on canvas, c. 1880

Leopold Auer signed photo, 1927, ex-David Sanders

Hugues Claude Pissarro, oil on canvas, 20th century

Henri Wieniawski 1858 broadside, ex-William Moennig

Eugene Ysaye, signed cabinet photo 1907

Lelia Pissarro, oil on canvas, c. 1980

Carrington Arredondo, mixed collage on wood, 2016

Marie Hall, signed photo 1903

Erica Morini, signed photo 1990

Paul Gibson, oil on canvas, 2010

Camille Pissarro, pencil on paper, c. 1875

Peter Canty, oil on canvas, 21st century

Pablo de Sarasate signed cabinet photo, 1900

Joseph Joachim, signed lithograph, 1894

Jan Kubelik, signed cabinet photo 1900

Marie-Jeanne Angenent, oil on canvas, 20th century

Edouard Remenyi concert program, 1896

Emile Sauret, signed photo 1905

August Wilhelmj, concert program 1879

Pablo de Sarasate, concert program 1872

Henryk Wieniawski, rare carte de visite and signed Legende quote, 1874

Wieniawski Photo

George Enescu, signed program 1912

Camilla Urso, autograph, 1888

Camilla Urso, carte de visite

Edgar Degas, etching on paper, c. 1892

Jean-Louis Forain, oil on canvas, 1876

Nina Fabunmi, oil on canvas, 2019

Lady Wilma Neruda-Halle, carte de visite and letter, 19th century

Christian Ferras, signed program, 1964

Carl Flesch, signed program, 1927

Neruda letter

Ole Bull, concert program, 19th century

Gustave Colin, oil on board, 19th century

Clarence Cameron White, signed program 1939

Tossy Spivakovsky, signed photo 1945

Ossy Renardy, signed photo, 1942

John Hubbard Rich, oil on canvas, c. 1930

Louis Persinger, signed photo 1929

Jelly D’Aranyi, signed program photo

Ricardo Odnoposoff, signed photo 1954

Albert Spalding, signed photo 1948

Sean O’Donnell, reconstructed cello “Allegro non trollop” 2020

Jascha Heifetz, signed photo, 1927

Fritz Kreisler, signed photo

Bronislaw Huberman, signed photo, 1935

Albert Malet, oil on canvas, c. 1970

Henri Vieuxtemps, carte de visite, signed on reverse, 1866

Maurice Louvrier, oil on canvas, c. 1920-40

Rachel Dwan, oil on canvas, 2019
