biography
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Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt
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| female
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| lived:
| (1875–1942)
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| biography:
| Sculptor and art patron, born in New York City, USA. She established and ran a hospital in France during World War 1, then lived in Greenwich Village, becoming an influential art patron. She established the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (1930), and is also known for her architectural sculptures, as in ‘Titanic Memorial’ (1931, Washington, DC). |
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