Leo Stein

Leo Stein

male, deceased (1947)
Leo Stein (born 1872 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania; died July 29, 1947, in Florence, Italy) was an American art collector and critic. In addition to...
Sidney Janis

Sidney Janis

male, deceased (1989)
Sidney Janis was born in 1896 in Buffalo, New York, one of five children of a well-liked traveling salesman. A talented ballroom dancer, he left...

Rolf de Maré

male, deceased (1964)
Rolf de Maré, sometimes called Rolf de Mare, was a Swedish art collector and leader of the Ballets Suédois in Paris in 1920–1925. In 1933 he foun...
Samuel H. Kress

Samuel H. Kress

male, deceased (1955)
Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863-September 22, 1955) was a businessman and philanthropist, founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent...

Samuel Courtauld

male, deceased (1947)
Samuel Courtauld was an English industrialist (great-nephew of textile magnate Samuel Courtauld) who is best remembered as an art collector. He...
Denis Mahon

Denis Mahon

male, 99 years old
Sir Denis Mahon is a collector and historian of Italian art born in London, England, on November 8, 1910. Considered to be one of the few art...
Ailsa Mellon-Bruce

Ailsa Mellon-Bruce

female, deceased (1969)
Ailsa Mellon Bruce (June 28 1901 - August 25, 1969), born in Pittsburgh, was the daughter of the banker and diplomat Andrew W. Mellon. Mellon-Bruce...
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

female, deceased (1942)
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9 1875 - April 18 1942) was born into the prominent United States Vanderbilt family and married into the...
Avery Brundage

Avery Brundage

male, deceased (1975)
Avery Brundage (September 28 1887 - May 8 1975) was an American athlete, sports official, art collector and philanthropist. He has been heavily...
Joseph Hirshhorn

Joseph Hirshhorn

male, deceased (1981)
Joseph Herman Hirshhorn (1899 - 1981) was an entrepreneur, financier and art collector. Born in Latvia, the twelfth of thirteen children, Hirshhorn...