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(Businessman) Samuel Henry Kress was a prominent businessman, philanthropist, and art collector known for founding the S. H. Kress & Co. chain of five and ten cent stores. He built a vast fortune which he used to amass an impressive collection of Italian Renaissance and European artwork. Kress established a foundation that generously donated 776 works of art from his collection to 18 regional art museums in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, leaving a lasting legacy in the art world.
