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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 – April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born into the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married into the Whitney ...
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (born January 9, 1875, New York, New York, U.S.—died April 18, 1942, New York City) was an American sculptor and art patron, founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Gertrude Vanderbilt was a great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of one of America’s great fortunes.
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Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942) American sculptor, patron of the arts, and philanthropist who founded the Whitney Museum of American Art . Name variations: Mrs. Henry Payne Whitney; Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney; Mrs. H.P. Whitney. Born Gertrude Vanderbilt on January 9, 1875, in New York City; died in New York of heart complicationson ...
May 1, 2015 · While the upper three floors house the museum’s impressive inaugural exhibition, “America Is Hard to See,” the first exhibition in the (free) ground-floor gallery pays tribute to the Whitney’s origins with a collection of works from the Whitney Studio Club — the Greenwich Village gallery started by the heiress and sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. The great-granddaughter of ...
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Mar 14, 2017 · Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, by Robert Henri, 1916. Gertrude decided to establish her museum after her offer of giving her 25-year collection of almost 700 modern artworks was turned down by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When Gertrude established her museum in 1931, her assistant, Juliana Force, became its first director.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a leading sculptor and arts benefactor of the early twentieth century. Whitney was born an heiress to the great family fortune established by her great-grandfather, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Gertrude was the second daughter and the fourth of seven children of Cornelius and Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
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(b New York, 9 Jan. 1875; d New York, 18 Apr. 1942).American sculptor, patron, and collector, the founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. She was the daughter of Cornelius II Vanderbilt, an immensely wealthy railroad magnate, and turned seriously to art after her marriage in 1896 to Harry Payne Whitney, a financier and world-class polo player.
