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Abby Greene Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948) Abby Greene Aldrich Rockefeller was the fourth of ten children of Abby Pearce Truman Chapman and Nelson Aldrich, who built his fortune in the sugar and rubber trade, banking, and public utilities. Aldrich was also an influential United States Senator from Rhode Island for thirty years.
11. Jan. 2017 · Abby Aldrich Rockefeller to Colonel Arthur Woods, February 10, 1932, AARFAM research files. 9. Cahill spent eighteen months in 1934–1935 travelling in search of folk art for Rockefeller’s collection. Ultimately, he discovered and helped to acquire more than forty objects that are now part of the museum.
8. Aug. 2019 · From behind the scenes Abby helped direct the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and the building of Rockefeller Center. “Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was a legendary figure, a woman of great wealth and power who used them for great good — in often cunning ways. Astonishingly, no one has written her story before. Now Bernice Kert has done so ...
Other articles where Abby Aldrich Rockefeller is discussed: John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: In 1901 Rockefeller married Abby Greene Aldrich (1874–1948), daughter of U.S. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. As an art collector, she was instrumental in the founding of the Museum of Modern Art. They had six children—a daughter, Abby (1903–76), and five sons: John D. III, Nelson A., Laurance S., Winthrop,…
Abby Rockefeller began collecting art paintings, watercolors, and drawings by a number of contemporary American artists in 1925, as well as a number of European modernists such as Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. In 1928, she established an art gallery on the 7th floor of their New York home. Known as the
For generations of Rockefellers, Abby has always been a lot more than just the family's matriarch. "For her to have accomplished what she did must have seemed really amazing at the time," reflects grandson Rodman Rockefeller. "She lifted us from a fairly narrow definition of life to a lot more fun in life, at the same time keeping this very constructive sense of obligation … this sense that ...
33. Bernice Kert. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: the woman in the family The author of Hemingway's Women , which offered new insights into the sources of that famously macho writer's creativity, once again illuminates the impact of a powerful female on American culture and society. Daughter of influential U.S. Senator Nelson Aldrich and wife of ...
