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15 de abr. de 2024 · Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 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.
- Albert Bartholomé
Albert Bartholomé was a sculptor whose works, particularly...
- Louis-François Roubiliac
Louis-François Roubiliac (baptized Aug. 31, 1702, Lyon,...
- John Steuart Curry
John Steuart Curry (born November 14, 1897, near Dunavant,...
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Gertrude Vanderbilt was born on January 9, 1875, in New York...
- Albert Bartholomé
Hace 1 día · The first gift of Old Master drawings, comprising 670 sheets, was presented as a single group in 1880 by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, though most proved to be misattributed. The Vanderbilt gift launched the collection, and the Department of Paintings also eventually acquired drawings (including by Michelangelo and Leonardo ).
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- 3,208,832 (2022)
- April 13, 1870; 153 years ago
- Max Hollein
Hace 3 días · Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1922), businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, owner of thoroughbred racehorses John (Jock) Hay Whitney (B.A. 1926), philanthropist and founder of J.H. Whitney & Co., first U.S. venture capital firm
22 de abr. de 2024 · Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The William C. Whitney House was a townhouse at 871 Fifth Avenue occupied by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the namesake founder of the Whitney Museum. She was...
Hace 3 días · 1987: Inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York; 1989: Posthumous award of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; 1989: Posthumous induction into the Television Hall of Fame; 1990: "Vogue", a single by Madonna, mentions Astaire in its lyrics
1 de feb. de 2012 · Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Cornelius II and Alice’s daughter, donated the gates to Central Park in 1939 where they have remained. After passing through the monumental gates, visitors would...
8 de abr. de 2024 · How the Vanderbilts blew their enormous fortune and went flat-out broke. Eduardo Gaskell. 04.08.24. During the Gilded Age, families like the Vanderbilts amassed great wealth, primarily through monopolizing shipping and railroads under Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt. However, their descendants shifted focus from wealth creation to lavish ...
