Hillman, Alex |
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role
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Collector |
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dates
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1900-1968 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Chicago, IL; |
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sex
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historical notes
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Alex Hillman was an art collector and book publisher.
With his wife, the former Rita Kanarek, Hillman amassed a collection of 19th and 20th century European art.
The Hillman collection included work by Manet, Toulouse-Lautrex, Degas, Cézanne, Soutine, Modigliani, Utrillo, and the school of Paris, including Picasso, Matisse, Braque and Miró.
He established the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, a private foundation in Manhattan, to oversee his collection.
Hillman donated work to the Yale University Art Gallery, was a member of the art advisory group of the Dartmouth College Council on Creative Arts, and a member of the visiting committee to the art department of the Fogg Museum at Harvard University.
Hillman was the president and a director of North River Securiteis, 1954-60; the Trade Bank and Trust Company, 1951-56; Henry Holt & Co., 1946-1954; F.H. McGraw & Co., 1956-63, and chairman of the board of C. & E. Layton of London, process engravers.
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decades
of activity | 1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
William P. Miller, Jr. papers, 1952-1988.
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University of Pennsylvania
Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections |
Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1936. |
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The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
Artist file: Hillman, Alex L: miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
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