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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 costituzione del Museo d'Arte Moderna di New York, situato ...
13. Apr. 2017 · April 13, 2017. A Ming-dynasty buddha Amitabha, made of gilt bronze, gleams at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor, Maine. Photo: Larry Lederman/Courtesy of the Monacelli press ...
Abby Rockefeller. Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller (born 1943) is an American feminist, ecologist, and member of the Rockefeller family. She was a member of Cell 16, a radical feminist organization, in the 1970s. She also founded the Clivus Multrum company, which manufactures composting toilets .
Junior’s wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, had entirely different tastes in art. She fell in love with modern art quite early, and was given a modest allowance by her husband to pursue that interest. With those funds and some inheritance she acquired works by young, struggling artists. Later, she organized other donors who created New York’s Museum of Modern Art. In 1934, Junior loosened the ...
Mary Billings French (1910–1997), who married Laurence Rockefeller, son of John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; Elizabeth "Liz" French (1912–1976), who married Ethan A. Hitchcock in 1937. He was a lawyer and direct descendant of Ethan Allen through Allen's grandson, Ethan Allen Hitchcock. Descendants
Photo courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center. New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opened in 1929 through the efforts of three women, including Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, mother of the five founding RBF trustees. It has been a significant interest of the Rockefeller family ever since. Nelson Rockefeller served as president beginning in ...
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 ...
