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John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936) was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the modern circus.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, [2] located in Sarasota, Florida. [3] It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable Burton Ringling and John Ringling for the people of Florida. Florida State University assumed governance of the museum in 2000. [4]
Mable Burton Ringling (March 14, 1875 – June 8, 1929) was an American art collector who with her husband created the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Biography [ edit ]
Cà d'Zan (/ k ɑː ˌ d ə. z ɑː n /) is a Mediterranean revival residence in Sarasota, Florida, adjacent to Sarasota Bay.Cà d'Zan was built in the mid-1920s as the winter retreat of the American circus mogul, entrepreneur, and art collector John Ringling and his wife Mable Burton Ringling.
The School of Fine and Applied Art of the John and Mable Ringling Art Museum was founded on March 31, 1931. [6] It opened on October 2 with 75 registered students. [8] [6] The school, although an extension of Florida Southern, initially functioned as a junior college with business and arts classes.
Voigt and Hendrix eventually got engaged in late November at Florida’s John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in the pageant winner’s hometown of Sarasota. Hendrix proposed to his girlfriend of ...
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota Sappho Inspired by Love is an oil painting on canvas of 1775 by Angelica Kauffman , now in the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Florida, having been in John Ringling 's collection.
The Ringling International Arts Festival is an annual festival at the Ringling Museum of Art. The first three years the festival was a collaboration with the Baryshnikov Arts Center , but currently is curated solely by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.