| Spaeth, Otto | ||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | |||||||||||||||
| dates | 1897-1966 | |||||||||||||||
| city | New York City | |||||||||||||||
| state | NY | |||||||||||||||
| other cities | East Hampton, NY; Decatur, IL; Quincy, IL; St. Louis, MO; Dayton, OH; | |||||||||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||||||||
| history |
Otto Lucien Spaeth was an industrialist, art collector, co-founder and president of the Spaeth Foundation and Vice President of Whitney Museum of American Art. He and his wife, Eloise O. Spaeth (1902-1998) formed an art collection that include works of art by, among others, Picasso, Braque, Hopper, Lambert-Rucci, Matisse, Alexander Calder, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Stuart Davis and Charles Sheeler. In 1950 the Spaeth’s founded the Spaeth Foundation which was meant to support young artists. |
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| decades | 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 |
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| updated | 09/18/2024 15:48:02 | |||||||||||||||
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