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Neuberger, Roy R. print view role Collector dates 1903-2010 city New York City state NY other cities Bridgeport, CT; Paris, France; sex M historical notes Roy Rothschild Neuberger was an art patron, collector of American Art, investment banker and founder of the investment firm Neuberger & Berman. The Neuberger collection included sculptures and paintings by, among others, Crawford, Dove, Feininger, Catch, Cottlieb, Graves, Hartley, Hofmann, Holty, Jules, Katzman, Kienbusch, Lawrence, Pollock, Rattner, Tamayo, Avery, de Kooning, Tobey and Weber. Neuberger was the president of the American Federation of the Arts, 1958-1968; a trustee and member of Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art; honorary trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; member of the executive committee of the Council of Friends, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; and many other positions and memberships. A large part of his private art collection was donated to the Roy R. Neuberger Museum of the State University of New York College at Purchase. Other works from his collection reside in the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. In 1969, at the request of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, he donated a significant portion of his collection, more than 900 works, to New York State to establish the Neuberger Museum of Art (NMA) at Purchase College. Designed by Phillip Johnson the Museum opened in 1974. His wife Marie Salant Neuberger died in 1997, the Neuberger’s had been married for 65 years and had three children: Ann Neuberger Aceves of Santa Fe, N.M.; Roy S. Neuberger of Lawrence, N.Y, and James A. Neuberger of New York City. decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 website http://www.neuberger.org/ updated 03/22/2024 12:09:29 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Roy R. Neuberger papers, 1940-1979. see details... Columbia University Libraries Butler Library, 6th Fl. East, Reminiscences of Roy R. Neuberger see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Roy R Neuberger interviews, 1975 September 19 & 26. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Oral history interview with Roy R. Neuberger, 1994 Mar. 29 - Apr. 7. see details... The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Artist file: Neuberger, Roy R.; miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details... Neuberger Museum of Art Archives Purchase College, State University of New York Roy R. Neuberger : celebrating 100 years : life, business, art. see details... The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Archives pamphlet file: Neuberger, Roy R.: miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 John I. H. Baur interviews, 1970 Jan. 22-Feb. 19. 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 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Oral History Project, 1993-2000. see details... «  back