| Hirshhorn, Olga | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector Patron | |||||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1920-2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| city | Greenwich | |||||||||||||||||||||
| state | CT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | Washington, DC; Martha's Vineyard, MD; Naples, FL; | |||||||||||||||||||||
| sex | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Olga C. Hirshhorn (1920-2015), an art collector, was instrumental in founding the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. She was born Olga Zatorsky and was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended New York University and, from 1939 to 1962, was married to John Cunningham. She established several businesses, including a daycare center and a business services firm, Services Unlimited. In 1964, she married financier and art collector Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1900-1981), also a resident of Greenwich. She assisted her husband with his career and art avocation and began her collection of modern art. The Hirshhorns were crucial figures in the art world and formed lasting friendships with many artists. In 1966, at the urging of Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, Joseph Hirshhorn donated his modern art collection to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1974, it opened as the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. In 1995, Olga Hirshhorn donated more than 600 works, not to the museum that donned her name, but to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. |
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| decades | 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 |
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| updated | 02/14/2025 10:12:23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| see also | Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
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