Benjamin Landesman

Benjamin Landesman came to the United States to paint murals in a pavilion of the 1904 World's Fair and established the family as an artistic presence here.

He had four children with his wife, Beatrice:

1. Fred
2. Jay (Irving Ned)

Benjamin and Beatrice, owned Landesman Galleries, an antique store on Olive Street, just east of Grand Boulevard. Their son, Jay, took over the business in the late 1940s, after he finished college at the University of Missouri-Columbia and Rice University in Houston.