Gertrude vanderbilt whitney biography samples
Flora miller biddle.
Gertrude vanderbilt whitney biography samples
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942)
American sculptor, patron of the arts, and philanthropist who founded the Whitney Museum of American Art . Name variations: Mrs. Henry Payne Whitney; Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney; Mrs.
H.P. Whitney. Born Gertrude Vanderbilt on January 9, 1875, in New York City; died in New York of heart complicationson April 18, 1942; daughter of Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1845–1934, a socialite) and Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899, a banker, investor, and philanthropist); educated by private tutors and at the Brearley School for Girls; studied sculpture under Hendrik Andersen and James E.
Fraser, and under Andrew O'Connor in Paris; married Henry (Harry) Payne Whitney, on August 25, 1896; children: Flora Payne Whitney (b. July 29, 1897); Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (b. February 20, 1899); Barbara Whitney (b.
March 21, 1903).
Exhibited Aspiration at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, began studying with James Earle Fraser, and opened her