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George Washington Vanderbilt II fue el más jovenhijo de William Henry Vanderbilt, heredero de la fortuna Vanderbilt. Nació el 14 de noviembre de 1862 en Nueva York. Como era común con la mayoría de los niños aristocráticos, el joven Vanderbilt asistió a un montón de escuelas privadas, pero fue predominantemente educado en casa por tutores privados.
George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was an art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. He commissioned the construction of a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the United States, which he named Biltmore Estate.
Breaking ground in 1889, Biltmore was the vision of George Washington Vanderbilt II, the youngest child of railroad tycoon William Henry Vanderbilt and his wife Maria Louisa Kissam. At the beginning of Biltmore’s construction, the United States had reached the peak of what historians now call the Gilded Age, a time period which lasted from the 1870s until the early 1900s.
The Biltmore Estate was the palatial home of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862-1914), the grandson of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt (1794-1877). Vanderbilt fell in love with the rustic mountain beauty and wanted to re-create an English-style country estate far from the bustle of New York City life. The house took 6 years to build ...
George Washington Vanderbilt may refer to: George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), American art collector George Washington Vanderbilt III (1914–1961), American yachtsman and scientific explorer
George Washington Vanderbilt, heir of a portion of the family fortune acquired in railroad development, turned his interests to agriculture and forestry and became outstanding in both. Born in New Dorp (now Richmond Borough), Staten Island, N.Y., the youngest son of William Henry and Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt, he was educated by tutors and ...
2 de ene. de 2018 · Let’s take a look at a few of the pieces in the Biltmore House collection that speak to George Vanderbilt’s love of ground-breaking artists and their work. 1. Ignacio Zuloaga’s “Rosita”. On display in the Louis XV Hallway. Painter Ignacio Zuloaga drew from folklife and long-founded elements of Spanish painting—for instance, Rosita ...
