Houses may be the last form of private artistic patronage.

It's enough to make an artist want to return to the days of private patronage.

By the late 1790's they had recognition and private patronage, but they never made much money.

This prompted an era of private patronage and a turn against prevailing tastes.

A private patronage was established and the orchestra could give its first concert.

Government support for the arts is often criticized as a luxury and an intrusion into a field best supported by private patronage and giving.

Many hospitals, hospices, markets, baths, streets and churches were built, some with private patronage.

Modern styles were banned as degenerate; private patronage, much of it Jewish, was eliminated.

In Britain, the old tradition of private patronage in the great provincial cities is reviving - but not fast enough.

At a time when government support for the arts is being scaled back, the arts surely need private patronage more than ever.