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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875 - 1942) was active/lived in New York, Rhode Island.  Gertrude Whitney is known for Memorial statue and figure sculpture.

The daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gertrude Whitney became a sculptor in early 20th century New York where she was raised,  and, rather than having a reputation for her own creativity, was better known as heiress to a fortune, patroness of the arts, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Although the Whitney Museum focuses on avant-garde work, she was determinably anti-modernist in her sculpture.  Like so many who studied at the Art Students League* and influenced by Robert Henri, her style was post-Ashcan* realism.

She began sculpting at age twenty five after marrying Harry Payne Whitney, and she studied at the Art Students League* with James Earle Fraser and Hendrik Anderson. She also worked in Paris with Andrew O'Connor and Auguste Rodin.

She first exhibited at the 1901 Pan American Exposition* in Buffalo, and in 1907 opened a studio in Greenwich Village.  She exhibited work by many of her struggling contemporaries, and in 1914, h   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8538 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  51
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America The Objects of War September 2004 Harper, Paula Yes
Art in America The Three Gertrudes September 1999 Weinberg, J, B Rose, J Wolff Yes
American Art Review Sculpture from Brookgreen Gardens August 1997 Salmon, Robin R Yes
51 Book References for Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Pollack, Deborah C. Palm Beach Visual Arts 200 Yes
2007 Scriver, Mary Strachan Bronze Inside and Out: A Biographical Memoir of Bob Scriver 368 No
2006 Pollock, Lindsay The Girl With the Gallery: Edith Gregor Halpert and the Making of the Modern Art Market 483 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Biddle, Flora Miller The Whitney Women and The Museum They Made 420 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Gilbert-Smith, Alma The Cornish Colony: At the Dawn of the New Century 24 Yes
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1998 Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West 405 No
1997 Boehme, Sarah E Whitney Gallery of American Art 78 Yes
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1994 Bailey, Brooke The Remarkable Lives Of 100 Women Artists 207 No
1994 Naumann, Francis M New York Dada 1915-23 255 Yes
1994 Reynolds, Donald Martin Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium 275 Yes
1992 Curators, Buffalo Bill Center Treasures From Our West 57 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions 638 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1988 Fees, Paul; Sarah E Boehme Frontier America: Art From Buffalo Bill Historical Center 128 Yes
1987 Heller, Nancy Women Artists An Illustrated History 224 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)		 600 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1982 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present 560 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1977 Ekdahl, Janis American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources 260 No
1976 Armstrong, Tom 200 Years of American Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)		 336 Yes
1975 Fleischman, Lawrence A.(Intro); Lawrence Campbell (Foreward) The Art Students League of New York Anniversarly Exhibition 100 Artists, Kennedy Galleries
(Exhibition catalog)		 284 No
1975 National Academy of Design A Century and Half of American Art, 1825-1975
(Exhibition catalog)		 262 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1973 Broder, Patricia Janis; Harold McCracken (Intro) Bronzes of the American West 429 Yes
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1972 Hill, M Brawley Women Historical Survey of Works by Women Artists
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 No
1968 Norman, Jane & Theodore Traveler's Guide to American Art 436 No
1965 Gerdts, William H Women Artists of America 1707-1964
(Exhibition catalog)		 32 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1952 Corcoran Gallery of Art Privately Owned Selection from Collections in Washington Area
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 No
1951 Metropolitan Museum of Art Painting & Sculpture by 75 Artist Associated with The Art Students League
(Exhibition catalog)		 170 No
1942 Wheeler, Monroe 20th Century Portraits
(Exhibition catalog)		 148 Yes
1939 Art Institute of Chicago Half a Century of American Art The Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 110 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1933 Harshe, Robert (Introduction) A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 215 No
1932 Museum of Modern Art American Painting & Sculpture 1862-1932
(Exhibition catalog)		 135 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
Pollack, Deborah Florida Sculptors and Their Work 1880-2020 184 Yes
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