Search results
People also ask
Who founded the Whitney Museum?
What is the Whitney Museum of American Art?
Who founded the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art?
Who designed the Whitney Museum of American Art?
Why was Whitney a great sculptor?
Who was the director of the Whitney Museum of American Art?
The institution was originally founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), a prominent American socialite, sculptor, and art patron after whom it is named. The Whitney focuses on collecting and preserving 20th- and 21st-century American art.
The Whitney Museum of American Art was founded in 1930, and opened in 1931 on West Eighth Street near Fifth Avenue. Following a move in 1954 to an expanded site on West 54th Street, the Whitney opened the Marcel Breuer-designed building on Madison Avenue at 75th Street in 1963.
Whitney Museum of American Art, collection in New York City of predominantly 20th- and 21st-century American art, including painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, installation, and works on paper. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a sculptor and promoter of American art.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Whitney is the only museum dedicated to American art and artists. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the Museum in 1932, taking a bold stand for American artists who were often overlooked.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
American art museum administrator who was the first director of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born Juliana Reiser (later changed name to Rieser) on December 25, 1876, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania; died in New York City on August 28, 1948; educated in local schools; married Dr. Willard B. Force.
The Whitney Museum was founded in order to collect, preserve, interpret and exhibit progressive American art, and support new artists and emerging art forms. The Whitney provides a safe haven for young and emerging artists, art students, and theorists to study and develop their crafts.
