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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.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Vogue (1917) Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (* 9. Januar 1875 in New York City; † 18. April 1942, ebenda) war eine US-amerikanische Bildhauerin und Kunstmäzenin. Sie hat das Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City gestiftet.
Whitney, Cornelius. (1899–1992), U.S. businessman, horseman, aviation pioneer, film producer, and government official. Despite the fact that vast inherited wealth made achievement on his part unnecessary, Whitney turned a variety of interests into several fortunes. On Feb. 20, 1899, in Roslyn, N.Y., Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was born into ...
William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–1892), who died of typhoid fever while attending Yale University. Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (1873–1942), whom his father disinherited for marrying Grace Graham Wilson (1870–1953) without his approval. Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942), who married Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930)
14. März 2017 · In 1914, she established the “Whitney Studio Club” where young artists gathered to discuss and display their works. As the club expanded so did its headquarters and its programming. By 1931, Whitney’s club evolved into the Whitney Museum of American Art, on the site of today’s New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture.
In early 1899, Gertrude gave birth to their second child, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. By this time, Harry was spending more and more time with his father. They worked together on business projects and investments, and amused and enriched themselves by buying and racing thoroughbreds. In some years, Harry's stable won as much as a quarter of a ...
20. Feb. 2014 · To honor the 30 th anniversary of the dedication of his mother’s sculpture, Buffalo Bill—The Scout, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney donated $250,000 to the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association in 1954. With these charitable funds, the then Whitney Gallery of Western Art was built and opened five years later.
