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Hillman, Alex print view role Collector dates 1900-1968 city New York City state NY other cities Chicago, IL; sex M historical notes 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. decades of activity 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:24 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 William P. Miller, Jr. papers, 1952-1988. see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1936. see details... The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Artist file: Hillman, Alex L: miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details... see also: Hillman, Kay «  back