Lehman, Robert, 1892-1969

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role

Collector

dates

1892-1969

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Sands Point, NY;

sex

M

historical notes

Art collector, banker, philanthropist, race horse breeder, Chairman of the Board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1967), Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of art.

Included in Lehman's collection were works of art by Goya, El Greco, Cézanne, Rembrandt, Renoir, Monet, Botticelli, Dürer, van Gogh, Bellini, Matisse, and Picasso, among others.

Robert Lehman left his collection to the Robert Lehman Foundation and it is now housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

decades
of activity

1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970

website

http://www.robertlehmanfoundation.org

updated

03/22/2024 12:09:29

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Historical Collections, Baker Library Bloomberg Center, Harvard Business School	Lehman Brothers. Records, 1868-1986 (inclusive)	see details...
Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies	The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives)	see details...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location	Robert Lehman papers, ca. 1880s-1977	see details...