Bernard Davis (philanthropist)
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Bernard Davis (1892–1973) was a textile manufacturer,[1] phi'latelist,[2] painter,[1] art collector, art patron and philanthropist. He was best known as the owner of the Miami Museum of Modern Art,[2] entity which he presided over from 1962 until 1973. He also served as the Director of the National Philatelic Museum in Philadelphia from 1948 until 1960.
Bernard M. Davis was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 19, 1892. He migrated to the United States in 1913 at the age of 20 [1] and settled in Philadelphia, where he ran various successful ventures within the textile industry, became a philately enthusiast, receiving the Luff Award in 1958, and a prolific art collector. He died on December 18, 1973, in Miami, Florida.