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Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim (/ ˈ ɡ ʊ ɡ ən h aɪ m / GUUG-ən-hyme; August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979) was an American art collector, bohemian, and socialite.Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with the Titanic in 1912, and the niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim, who established the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is an art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy. It is one of the most visited attractions in Venice. The collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an 18th-century palace, which was the home of the American heiress Peggy Guggenheim for three decades.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Dynamism of a speeding Horse + Houses is a sculpture from Umberto Boccioni realized in 1914-1915. It is now part of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection art museum in Venice .
Media in category "Peggy Guggenheim Collection" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Marcel Duchamp, 1911-12, Nude (Study), Sad Young Man on a Train (Nu -esquisse-, jeune homme triste dans un train), Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.jpg 2,980 × 4,096; 5.62 MB
The Art of This Century gallery was opened by Peggy Guggenheim at 30 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City on October 20, 1942. The gallery occupied two commercial spaces on the seventh floor of a building that was part of the midtown arts district including the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, Helena Rubinstein's New Art Center, and numerous commercial galleries.
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland about art collector Peggy Guggenheim. The film premiered on April 20, 2015 at the Tribeca Film Festival .
Vail is a member of the Guggenheim family. Her great-grandfather was Benjamin Guggenheim, who died in the sinking of the Titanic, [8] and her paternal grandparents were Peggy Guggenheim and Laurence Vail, a poet and sculptor whose works are represented in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Her great-granduncle was Solomon R. Guggenheim. [7]
Peggy Guggenheim: 1898–1979 American Art collector [33] Alec Guinness: 1914–2000 British ... Vietnamese-born chef; won Top Chef series three [88] Phyllis Hyman: