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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Solomon_RSolomon R. Guggenheim - Wikipedia

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   Solomon Robert Guggenheim (February 2, 1861 – November 3, 1949) was an American businessman and art collector. He is best known for establishing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

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3. www.guggenheim.org › about-us › historySolomon R. Guggenheim | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation

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   Solomon R. Guggenheim. The collection that Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861–1949) gave to his foundation between 1937 and his death in 1949 included hundreds of artworks from the most vibrant and dynamic styles of European modernism, including over 150 works by Vasily Kandinsky.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Solomon_RSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum - Wikipedia

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   The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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   Architecture of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum In June 1943, American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) received a letter asking him to design a new building to house a collection of...

6. www.britannica.com › topic › Guggenheim-Museum-artGuggenheim Museum | History, Art, & Facts | Britannica

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   May 3, 2024 · The Guggenheim Museum grew out of the art-collecting activities of Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861–1949), who was part-heir to a fortune made in the American mining industry by his father, Meyer Guggenheim.

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7. www.britannica.com › money › Solomon-GuggenheimSolomon Guggenheim | Modern Art Patron, Philanthropist ...

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   Apr 30, 2024 · Solomon Guggenheim (born Feb. 2, 1861, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Nov. 3, 1949, New York, N.Y.) was a businessman and art collector. He became a partner in his father’s Swiss embroidery import business.

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   Who is Solomon Robert Guggenheim?

   • Solomon Robert Guggenheim (February 2, 1861 – November 3, 1949) was an American businessman and art collector. He is best known for establishing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

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   Who owns the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum?

   • The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation operates and owns the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The foundation's art and museum committee is responsible for proposing acquisitions and deaccessions from the foundation's collection, while the foundation's board of trustees determines whether to enact the art and museum committee's proposals.

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   What is the Guggenheim Museum?

   • The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is now one of the wealthiest museums devoted to Modern art in the world. Its parent organization, the Guggenheim Foundation, is today a global network of museums that includes world-class facilities in Berlin and Venice.

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   Who founded the Guggenheim Foundation?

   • In 1937, Solomon founded the Guggenheim Foundation with Rebay as its curator and director. Further exhibitions were mounted at the Philadelphia Art Alliance in 1937; at the Gibbes again in 1938; and at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1939.

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9. www.theartstory.org › museum-guggenheimThe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | TheArtStory

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   Learn about the origins, design and evolution of the Guggenheim Museum, one of the world's leading institutions for Modern art. Explore its founding principles, its collection of non-objective paintings, and its expansion under Frank Lloyd Wright and James Johnson Sweeney.