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9. Nov. 2008 · Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was born on 20 February 1899 at Roslyn, New York, U.S.A. G. 1 He was the son of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt. 1 He married, firstly, Marie Norton in 1923. 1 He and Marie Norton were divorced in 1929. 1 He married, secondly, Gwladys Crosby Hopkins in 1931. 1 He and Gwladys Crosby Hopkins were divorced ...
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a leading sculptor and arts benefactor of the early twentieth century. Whitney was born an heiress to the great family fortune established by her great-grandfather, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Gertrude was the second daughter and the fourth of seven children of Cornelius and Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Gail Whitney Stur, wife of Louis S. Stur, an official of the Sun Valley (Idaho) Lodge, died at 9 P.M. yesterday at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt II's daughter Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1855, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt donated 45 acres (18 ha) of property to the Moravian Church and Cemetery at New Dorp on Staten Island , New York.
2. Apr. 2014 · Cornelius Vanderbilt was a famous industrialist who worked in railroads and shipping. He had accumulated the largest fortune in the U.S. at the time of his death, in 1877.
1. Mai 2015 · The great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Whitney studied sculpture in Paris, and became immersed in the bohemian New York art world. At the turn of the 20th century, museums and galleries had little interest in art by living American artists. Whitney began collecting contemporary artwork dismissed by the art establishment: artists like Edward Hopper, George Bellows, and Georgia O’Keeffe.
