Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942 |
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Collector Patron Artist |
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dates
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1875-1942 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Old Westbury, Long Island, NY; |
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F |
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historical notes
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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a sculptor, art patron and philanthropist. She was the founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
In 1896 she married Harry Payne Whitney, son of William C. Whitney, secretary of the Navy, 1885-1889. She studied sculpture under Henry Anderson, James Fraser and Andrew O'Connor.
In 1907 she opened a studio in Greenwich Village's MacDougal Alley. She was active in WW I charities, and sponsored the opening of the American Ambulance Field Hospital, Juilly, France, ca. 1914. While continuing her work as a sculptor in New York and France, she also supported young artists and formed the group Friends of the Young Artists, and in 1930 organized the Whitney Museum of American Art, which officially opened Nov. 1931 in New York City.
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decades
of activity | 1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers, 1855-1975 (bulk 1888-1942). |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Research material on Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1883-1976. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Research material on Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1883-1976. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Maxfield Parrish letters, 1909-1912.
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Whitney Studio Club exhibition catalogs and announcements, [undated] and 1916-1930. |
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Archives of American Gardens
Capital Gallery Building, Suite 3300 |
The Studio 2001-2003.
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 |
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