Ezra Pound described the scientist turned art collector Albert Barnes (1872-1951) as “at war with mankind.” After making a fortune in pharmaceuticals, Barnes developed eccentric ideas about ...

Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot, and several visual artists. They wanted him to stay in Paris, but he wanted to practice medicine in New Jersey. He’s only one of many ...