| Chrysler, Walter P. (Walter Percy), 1909-1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | |||||||||||||||
| dates | 1909-1988 | |||||||||||||||
| city | Norfolk | |||||||||||||||
| state | VA | |||||||||||||||
| other cities | New York, NY; Provincetown, MA; Oelwein, IA; | |||||||||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||||||||
| history |
Industrialist, art collector, bibliophile, publisher, and theatrical producer. His father was Walter P. Chrysler, Sr. The elder Chrysler, a noted automobile designer, was president of Buick Corporation, executive vice president of General Motors and founder of the Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler's collection included work by Picasso, Braque, Gris, Matisse, Leger and others. He later also acquired signifcant works by Charles Burchfield, John Marin and Thomas Hart Benton. |
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| decades | 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 |
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| website | http://www.chrysler.org | |||||||||||||||
| updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:18 | |||||||||||||||
| research links |
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