Lehman, Robert, 1892-1969
type Collector
dates 1892-1969
city New York City
stateNY
other citiesSands Point, NY;
sex M
history 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.


decades1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
websitehttp://www.robertlehmanfoundation.org
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Repository Description Links
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...

see alsoLehman, Philip, 1861-1947
Lehman, Arthur
Lehman, Carrie Lauer