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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 ...
Peggy Guggenheim. Solomon R. Guggenheim’s niece, Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979), was a self-described “art addict” who sought to distinguish herself from her business-oriented relatives and make her mark on the world through collecting and traveling in avant-garde circles.
Dec 21, 2015 · Peggy Guggenheim, the owner of the world’s greatest haul of modern art, brought together her collection for pittance. Now her collection is worth billions.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is one of the most important museums of European and North American art of the twentieth century in Italy. It is located in Peggy Guggenheim’s former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice.
Peggy Guggenheim. American Collector and Gallerist. Born: August 26, 1898 - New York. Died: December 23, 1979 - Venice, Italy. Movements and Styles: Surrealism. , Abstract Expressionism. , Modernism and Modern Art. "I dedicated myself to my collection. I made it my life's work. I am not an art collector. I am a museum." 1 of 8. Peggy Guggenheim.
Peggy Guggenheim (born August 26, 1898, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 23, 1979, near Venice, Italy) was an American art collector who was an important patron of the Abstract Expressionist school of artists in New York City. Peggy’s father was Benjamin Guggenheim, a son of the wealthy mining magnate Meyer Guggenheim, and one of her ...
Peggy died aged eighty-one on December 23, 1979. Her ashes are placed in a corner of the garden of her museum. Since then, under the oversight of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection has become one of the finest museums of modern art in the world.
