| Fosburgh, Minnie Astor | |||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||
| dates | 1906-1978 | ||||||
| city | New York City | ||||||
| state | NY | ||||||
| other cities | Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; | ||||||
| sex | F | ||||||
| history |
Mary "Minnie" Cushing Astor Fosburgh, nee Mary Benedict Cushing, was a philanthropist and art collector. Fosburgh was a trustee of the Yale Art Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fosburgh and her second husband, James Whitney Fosburgh (1910-1978), built an art collection which included work by Paul Cézanne, Winslow Homer, William Nicholson, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Walter Sickert, and Pavel Tchelitchew. Fosburgh's first mariage to Vincent Astor (1891–1959) ended in the divorce in 1953, and that same year she married James Whitney Fosburgh. |
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| decades | 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 |
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| updated | 03/22/2024 12:09:32 | ||||||
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