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Notable Art Patrons and Collectors
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Solomon R. Guggenheim
Founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation; established museums known for non-objective art.
J. Paul Getty
Founded the Getty Museum in Los Angeles; amassed an extensive collection of Western art.
Catherine the Great
Founded the Hermitage Museum; her art collection includes over 3,000 paintings.
Dominique and John de Menil
Founders of the Menil Collection in Houston; collected modern and tribal art.
Peggy Guggenheim
Collected modern art pieces; established the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Established the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston; collected European, American, and Asian art.
Medici Family
Patrons of the Renaissance; commissioned works from Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Botticelli.
Charles Saatchi
Promoted the Young British Artists (YBAs); opened the Saatchi Gallery.
Alfred Barr, Jr.
The first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA); expanded its collection of modern works.
Henry Clay Frick
His New York City mansion houses the Frick Collection, noted for Old Master paintings.
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