Shirley, Jon A.

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role

Collector

dates

1938-

city

Medina

state

WA

other cities

Vail, CO; Bellevue, WA; Kapalua, HI; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; San Diego, CA; Pottstown, PA;

sex

M

historical notes

Retired president of Microsoft (1983–1990), Jon Shirley, collects 20th-century American art.

The Shirley collection includes work by, among others, Franz Kline, Joan Mitchell, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brancusi, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Chuck Close.

He and his wife, Mary (1940–2013), were major supporters of the Seattle Art Museum as well as backers of Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park.

decades
of activity

1980-1990
1990-2000
2000-2010

updated

11/24/2025 10:11:50

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	The André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers, 1929-2009	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interview with Jon Shirley, 2018 August 7-8	see details...