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      • It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it is one of the twentieth-century's most important architectural landmarks.
  1. 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.

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  3. Aug 8, 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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  4. The resulting achievement, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, testifies not only to Wright's architectural genius, but to the adventurous spirit that characterized its...

  5. 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.

  6. While technically the museum had its beginnings as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting in 1939, the official Solomon R. Guggenheim opened in 1959, and contains one of the most impressive and comprehensive collections of Modern art, spanning mid-19th-century Realism to Postmodern sculpture and installation.

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  7. Apr 28, 2024 · The iconic Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York remains one of the leading cultural institutions globally and has become an iconic symbol of New York City. Hilla Rebay’s dream of building a spiral temple of art received new meaning and manifestation in 2018.

  8. When Solomon Guggenheim, the heir to a mining fortune, and his art adviser, Hilla Rebay, decided to construct a museum for abstract painting (which they called "non-objective art"), Wright was...

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