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  1. Peggy Guggenheim. Marguerite " Peggy " Guggenheim ( / ˈɡʊɡənhaɪm / 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 ...

  2. Dec 21, 2015 · Peggy Guggenheim wearing a pair of earrings made for her by Alexander Calder; 1950s. The daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, she inherited a not inconsiderable sum of money after the death of her ...

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  3. 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. Peggy’s collections, galleries, and museum were all stamped with her distinct ...

  4. The museum. 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. The museum presents Peggy Guggenheim's personal collection, masterpieces from the ...

  5. Learn about Peggy Guggenheim, a wealthy heiress who became one of the most influential patrons of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Modernism. Explore her life, her collection, and her legacy through quotes, artworks, and exhibitions.

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    • December 23, 1979
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  7. 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 ...

  8. Peggy Guggenheim was born in New York on August 26, 1898, the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim and Florette Seligman. Benjamin Guggenheim was one of seven brothers who, with their father Meyer (of Jewish Swiss and German origin), had created a family fortune in the late nineteenth century from the mining and smelting of metals, especially silver ...

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