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As you walk around or sit down and relax here in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, let me tell you a little about its history. In 1939, at 11 West 53rd Street, a sculpture garden was included in the first permanent home of The Museum of Modern Art. Director Alfred Barr and Architecture curator John McAndrew designed it in a single ...
The Rockefellers and the road to Modern Art. David Rockefeller’s outstanding collection of paintings was greatly influenced by the advice of Alfred Barr, the first director of MoMA. John Elderfield, a former curator at the museum, tells the story of the two men’s friendship. David Rockefeller in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden ...
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, nata Abigail "Abby" Greene Aldrich ( Providence, 26 ottobre 1874 – New York, 5 aprile 1948 ), è stata una collezionista d'arte e filantropa statunitense, appartenente alla seconda generazione matriarcale della celebre famiglia Rockefeller. È particolarmente nota per essere stata la forza trainante dietro la ...
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 industrialist John D. Rockefeller Jr., Abby Aldrich ...
Mary Billings French Rockefeller (May 1, 1910 – April 17, 1997) was an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist, and a member of the extensive Rockefeller family. She was married to Laurance Rockefeller, son of John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. She was the mother of Laura Rockefeller Chasin, Marion Rockefeller ...
NARRATOR: In the 1920s Abby Rockefeller [music in], Lillie Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan had a vision for the future. MARJORIE SCHWARZER: While John D. Rockefeller was founding Colonial Williamsburg down in Virginia, his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, was founding the nation's most-important contemporary-art museum.
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24. Jan. 2012 · Rockefeller, Abby Aldrich, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Art patrons, Folk art Publisher New York : Random House Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English
