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Arlene Schnitzer (née Director; January 10, 1929 – April 4, 2020) was an American arts patron and philanthropist. She was the founder and director of the Fountain Gallery, established in Portland to showcase artists in the Pacific Northwest. She is the namesake of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, a performing arts center in Portland, Oregon.
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- April 4, 2020 (aged 91)
- Arlene Director, January 10, 1929, Salem, Oregon, U.S.
Arlene Schnitzer was a patron of artists, a philanthropist, and the namesake of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland. Her financial support and business acumen transformed Portland 's art scene, beginning with an art gallery in the 1960s and extending until her death in 2020. She and her husband, Harold Schnitzer, were central to the ...
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Arlene Schnitzer died Saturday after a long illness. She was 91 years old. Schnitzer transformed the Northwest art scene in the 1960s and 1970s and championed the work of local artists. Schnitzer ...
Arlene Schnitzer. The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art mourns the loss of Arlene Schnitzer, a long-time, devoted patron of the arts and education. Schnitzer passed away on April 4 in Portland, at age 91. “The impact Arlene Schnitzer had on the arts in Oregon was profoundly positive, deep, and lasting” said John Weber, the JSMA’s executive ...
Apr 5, 2020 · PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Arlene Schnitzer, a philanthropist who gave away more than $150 million to thousands of civic projects in Portland and helped bring arts in the city to another level, has died.
Apr 5, 2020 · After presiding over the city’s cultural life for half a century, Portland’s leading lady of philanthropy has died. Arlene Schnitzer died Saturday at 2:12 p.m. She was 91. “She was holding ...
Arlene Schnitzer was an American arts patron and philanthropist. She was the founder and director of the Fountain Gallery, established in Portland to showcase artists in the Pacific Northwest. She is the namesake of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, a performing arts center in Portland, Oregon.
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