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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

1875 - 1942

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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. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born into the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married into the Whitney family. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney is the 192nd most popular sculptor (up from 233rd in 2019), the 6,522nd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,179th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 192 out of 258. Before her are Anthony Caro, Gregorio Fernández, Ferdinand Brokoff, Katarzyna Kobro, Ivan Martos, and Louis-Ernest Barrias. After her are Reinhold Begas, Louise Nevelson, Duane Hanson, W. J. Coffee, Ron Mueck, and Kārlis Zāle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 142. Before her are George Larner, Mary McLeod Bethune, Émile Delchambre, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Jean Cau, and Maurice Hemelsoet. After her are Adolfo Díaz, Jean Stern, Eugene Lanceray, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, Alexandros Diomidis, and Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. Among people deceased in 1942, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 187. Before her are Oleg Losev, Ivan Horbachevsky, Hugo Distler, Roberto María Ortiz, Ludwig Aschoff, and Refik Saydam. After her are Racho Petrov, Yevgeny Petrov, Harald Tammer, Jean Gilbert, Louis Borno, and Kārlis Zāle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 6,523 out of 20,380. Before her are Christopher McDonald (1955), Young Thug (1991), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), Irving Wallace (1916), Ellsworth Huntington (1876), and Marlon Wayans (1972). After her are Mark Moses (1958), Bobby Bland (1930), Marie Colvin (1956), Glenn Hardin (1910), Danny Hillis (1956), and Ted DiBiase (1954).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 9. Before her are Robert Smithson (1938), Dan Flavin (1933), Robert Morris (1931), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), and Walter De Maria (1935). After her are Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), Audrey Munson (1891), Edmonia Lewis (1844), Daniel Chester French (1850), and Beverly Pepper (1922).

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