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The heiress of the immense Vanderbilt fortune, and wife of businessman Harry Payne Whitney, in 1896 she took up marble sculpture, which she initially practised under a pseudonym. Her travels took her to Europe and in particular Paris, where she admired and was strongly influenced by the achievements of Auguste Rodin ( Paganism Immortal, 1907).
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney passed away on April 18, 1942 after a long illness. She had been suffering from a bacterial disease. The couple’s surviving children were Flora Payne Whitney [1897], Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney [1899] and Barbara Vanderbilt Whitney [1903].
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.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. everywhere in titles only. Biographies Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Wikimedia commons. *9 January, 1875 in New York, NY. †18 April, 1942 in New York, NY. US-American sculptor and patron of American art and artists; founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art (1930) Biography • Literature & Sources.
9 de ene. de 2018 · Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was decidedly born into the privileged class, on January 9, 1875. But the life she chose for herself was nothing short of revolutionary, having a huge. When a woman born into the privileged class bucks the system and comes into her own as an artist and philanthropist, a great story is born.
26 de ene. de 2024 · Dining Studio Bar and Frenchette Bakery at the Whitney Group visits For schools and groups of 10+ ... Memorial Exhibition: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Jan 26–Feb 28, 1943 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 6 works in the collection View artist. Sign up ...
9 de jun. de 2015 · Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney became an artist in spite of her birthright. Wealthy beyond measure—her father was the railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt II—she married a man who was equally rich.
