Menil, Dominique de |
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role
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Collector Patron |
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dates
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1908-1997 |
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city
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Houston |
| state | TX | | other cities | New York, NY; Paris, France; |
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sex
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historical notes
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Dominique de Menil was an art collector and philanthropist, she was married Jean (later John) de Menil in 1931, and in 1941, left France, settling in Houston.
Dominque and her husband created the Menil Foundation in Houston, Texas, and built an art collection which ranged from Etruscan art to Cycladic sculptures, Byzantine bronzes, African tribal art, Surrealist paintings and contemporary art of their time.
The Menil collection concentrates on three genres/periods of art; they are Antiquity, Byzantine and Medieval, Tribal, and Twentieth-Century Art. The collection includes work by Cezanne, Ernst, Twombly, and Rothko. The Rothko Chapel was founded by John and Dominique de Menil and was dedicated in 1971 as an intimate sanctuary available to people of every belief.
Mrs. de Menil commissioned the Italian architect Renzo Piano to build a museum to house their collection, the museum opened in 1987. |
decades
of activity | 1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
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| website | http://www.menil.org |
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10/31/2024 13:33:17 |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
Artist file: Menil, Dominique de; miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
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The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
Subject file: Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.): miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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James Johnson Sweeney correspondence, 1961-1967 |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Archives |
Eduardo chillida retrospective, exhibition files,1964-1968 |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Frank and Eleanor Freed papers, 1923-1990.
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Pennsylvania University
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Correspondence from Edward F. Fry, 1961.
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Oral history interview with Marc Moldawer, Kathryn Swenson, and Robert Wilson, 1984 Aug. 15 |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Oral history interview with Alvin S. Romansky, 1979 September 17 |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Philippe de Montebello reader files, 1969-1973.
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