| Shirley, Jon A. | ||||||||||
| type | 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 | |||||||||
| history |
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. |
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| decades | 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 |
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| updated | 11/24/2025 10:11:50 | |||||||||
| research links |
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