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Frances Lasker Brody (1916–2009) was an American arts advocate, collector, and philanthropist who influenced the development of Los Angeles' cultural life as a founding benefactor of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and later as a guiding patron of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Gardens.
9. Mai 2022 · In 1952, Frances Lasker Brody, an heiress to the fortune of advertising genius Albert Lasker, commissioned a massive ceramic-tile wall mural from Henri Matisse to fill the inner courtyard of her and her husband’s modernist mansion in Holmby Hills (arguably architect A. Quincey Jones’ masterpiece).
18. Nov. 2009 · Brody died Thursday at her Holmby Hills home after a long illness, said her son, Christopher. Known for her fierce intellect, strong opinions freely shared and unflagging sense of style, Brody,...
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18. Nov. 2009 · Frances Lasker Brody, a philanthropist, arts advocate and collector who influenced the development of Los Angeles' cultural life as a founding benefactor of the Los Angeles County Museum of...
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24. Nov. 2009 · BRODY--Frances Lasker, died at home on November 12 at the age of 93. She lived in Los Angeles, California, and had been in ill health for several years. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, and...
9. März 2010 · March 9, 2010. After a four-month battle between the auction giants Sotheby’s and Christie’s, the art collection of the Los Angeles philanthropist Frances Lasker Brody will be sold at...
16. Nov. 2010 · November 19, 2010. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, has announced that a recent bequest from the estate of Frances Lasker Brody is expected to total more than $100 million. The gift — the largest in the Huntington's history — is the equivalent of 40 percent of the institution's endowment.
