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Birth
1875 (New York City)
Death
1942 (New York City)
Lived/Active
New York/Rhode Island
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memorial statue and figure sculpture
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Categories of Interest
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
Sculptors
Women Artists
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The daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gertrude Whitney became a sculptor in early 20th century New York where she was raised, and, rather than having a reputation for her own creativity, was better known as heiress to a fortune, patroness of the arts, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Although the Whitney Museum focuses on avant-garde work, she was determinably anti-modernist in her sculpture. Like so many who studied at the Art Students League* and influence (showing 500 of 11701 characters). |
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