Hirshhorn, Joseph H.

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role

Collector

dates

1899-1981

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Mitau, Latvia; Brooklyn, NY;

sex

M

historical notes

Joseph H Hirshhorn was an art collector, financier and industrialist.

Hirshhorn agreed to donate his collection of modern and contemporary art to the Smithsonian in 1966. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden opened in 1974.

Hirshhorn's collection included both sculpture and paintings and artists such as Henry Moore, Picasso, Thomas Eakins, Jackson Pollock, Stuart Davis, and others were represented in his collection.

Hirshhorn was married four times, lastly to Olga Cunningham, who shared his passion for art. He died in 1981.

decades
of activity

1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980

website

http://hirshhorn.si.edu/

updated

02/14/2025 10:12:22

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interview with Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1976 Dec. 16	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Joseph H. Hirshhorn Papers, circa 1926-1982 and undated.	see details...
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library Smithsonian Institution	Collection Archive	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Raphael Soyer papers, 1936-1989.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Joseph Hirshhorn letters, 1958.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Joseph H. Hirshhorn Papers, c. 1961-1981.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Armory Show (International Exhibition of Modern Art) memorabilia, 1913.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Adeline Herder Papers, 1942-1999.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Mark Tobey papers, [ca. 1920]-1977.	see details...
University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries	Mark Tobey Papers, circa 1850-1985	see details...