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Erica Cialella, 2020–2022 Belle da Costa Greene Fellow: Born in 1879, Belle da Costa Greene was named Belle Marion Greener at birth. She grew up in a predominantly African American community in Washington, DC. Her father, Richard T. Greener, was the first Black graduate of Harvard College and a prominent educator and racial justice activist.
3 de may. de 2019 · As Belle Da Costa Greene, Belle Greener never had to straddle boundaries of racial identity and community that entangled Richard Greener. She mostly eschewed politics, secure on her glittering perch—a position inconceivable for Belle Greener and her black father, who never concealed his ancestry.
Belle da Costa Greene tenía solo 20 años cuando se había convertido en la bibliotecaria más joven de la prestigiosa Universidad de Princeton, en Estados Unidos, y más tarde, gracias a su pasión por los libros y a su trabajo como curadora de la biblioteca del famoso millonario J. Pierpont Morgan, se convirtió en una de las mujeres más poderosas del Nueva York de inicios del siglo XX.
31 de oct. de 2023 · On view October 25, 2024, through May 4, 2025, Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy will trace Greene’s storied life, from her roots in a predominantly Black community in Washington, D.C., to her distinguished career at the helm of one of the world’s great research libraries. Through extraordinary objects―from medieval ...
Belle da Costa Greene gemalt von Paul César Helleu ca. 1913. Belle da Costa Greene (* 13.Dezember 1883 in Alexandria, Virginia; † 10. Mai 1950 in New York City) war eine US-amerikanische Bibliothekarin des Bankiers und Sammlers John Pierpont Morgan und nach seinem Tod die erste Direktorin der Pierpont Morgan Library bis zu ihrem Ruhestand 1948.
Yet, Belle da Costa Greene is little known. Just as Greene would come to obscure her racial identity, the public has obscured the name and the legacy of one of the few female and black figures in the study of art history. Belle da Costa Greene was born in 1879 in Washington, D.C., and spent her childhood between Washington and New York City.
17 de may. de 2016 · But “da Costa” was a fiction, and “Greene” was a smudged fact: she was born Belle Marian Greener, and her mother had dropped the final “r” when she separated from Belle’s father.
