Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Patrons, Mentors, Sculpture, Sculptors
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History, American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Whitney was a distinguished American sculptor of figures, monuments, and reliefs for the public domain and an art patron and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
Early Life
Gertrude Vanderbilt 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. Her father was a railroad magnate who indulged his interests as an art patron and collector....
[The entire page is 1902 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
