[12], Greenwich House's rented space in the basement of Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church also received notoriety. "Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Working at Her MacDougal Alley Studio" by Jean de Strelecki (Polish, 1882-1947), circa 1919. About 40 faculty members provide group and individual instruction for a variety of instruments including piano, strings, guitar, harp, percussion, woodwinds, brass and Suzuki Violin. Wealthy beyond measureher father was the railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt IIshe married a man who was equally rich . [5][16] Neither her family nor (after her marriage) her husband were supportive of her desire to work seriously as an artist. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Sculpture - Antiques And The Arts Weekly Equally key, Gertrude had her own money, courtesy of her father, who left the family fortune to her, rather than to her brothers a bold move in 19th-century New York. The article Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Old Westbury Villa is For Sale by Tobias Carroll was originally published on InsideHook. Tour Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Art Studio on Long Island - Curbed Whitney was born January 9, 1875 in New York City, the. [52], Opitz, Glenn B, editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986, Friedman, B.H., Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Doubleday and Company New York, 1978. Photo: Douglas Elliman, The kitchen. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy and Wed like someone to come along and keep it going for another 100 years.. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, This password will be used to sign into all, Inside the Whitney Founders Neoclassical Art Studio, The Collectors Offering Thousands For Vintage Pyrex, The Market for Disney Adults With Millions to Spend, Chaos and Betrayal on Day One of Bed Bath & Beyonds Closeout Sale, The Citys Largest Office-to-Residential Conversion Is Move-in Ready, Talking to an Ant Guy About Peak Ant Season, AI Singers Are Unnervingly Good and Already Ubiquitous. acclaimed architectural firm Delano & Aldrich. Early supporters who joined her on opening day included social reformers Jacob Riis, Felix Adler and Carl Shurz. What she saw encouraged her to pursue her creativity and become a sculptor. The Studio was part of the original site of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Headlines following the trail and conviction of Lisa's adoptive father and illegal guardian filled the papers for two years straight. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 - April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. [21] Her work prior to the war had a much less realistic style, which she strayed away from to give the work a more serious feeling. The feedback Im getting from buyers, theyre almost more collectors than they are people looking for a home, said listing agent Paul Mateyunas of Douglas Elliman. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was born in 1875 to shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, II. Described by artist Jerome Myers as the only place on earth in which she could find solitude, the edifice was used by Vanderbilt Whitney to not just create art and entertain, but also as a canvas itself: The place was sheathed in murals by Robert Winthrop Chanler and Charles Baskerville, as well as floor mosaics by Paul Chalfin.