Guggenheim, Solomon R. (Solomon Robert), 1861-1949 |
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role
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Collector Patron |
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dates
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1861-1949 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Port Washington, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Leadville, CO; Zurich, Switzerland; St. Gaul, Switzerland; Monterey, Mexico; Charleston, SC; |
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historical notes
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Collector, mining magnate (Guggenheim Brothers), sportsman, and museum founder.
Guggenheim married Irene Rothchild (1868-1954), a philanthropist interested in child development and the arts, in 1895. Upon their deaths, the estates they left helped build the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (SRGM) and its Foundation.
Guggenheim amassed a large collection of abstract and modern art which included work by Rudolph Bauer, Heinrich Campendonk, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Lyonal Feininger, Albert Gleizes, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Fernand Leger, Franz Marc, Amadeo Modigliani, Ladislaus Moholy-Nagy, Otto Nebel, Ben Nicolson, Pablo Picasso, Georges-Pierre Seurat and Edward Wadsworth.
Guggenheim was a member of the Bankers, Lotos, Engineers and Columbia Yacht Clubs, the American Institute of Minding and Metallurgical, Engineers Club, the City Athletic club, Country Club of Charleston, SC, Walterboro Country Club and Sands Point Bath and Golf Clubs.
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decades
of activity | 1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950 |
| website | http://www.guggenheim.org |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Scrapbooks regarding the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation,
1935-1939. |
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
Wassily Kandinsky papers, 1911-1940 (bulk 1921-1937). |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Rudolf Bauer papers, 1918-1983. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Hannes Beckmann papers, 1930-1980. |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum |
Solomon R. Guggenheim records, 1927-1949 |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum |
Irene and Solomon R. Guggenheim Estates papers, 1905-1959 (bulk 1926-1955) |
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Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, Photography Department
Guggenheim Image Archive |
Guggenheim Image Archive |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum |
Collection on the Guggenheim family, 1941-1991 (bulk 1988-1991) |
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Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies |
The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives) |
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