Peggy Guggenheim: The Life of an Art AddictMrs Guggenheim, how many husbands have you had? Do you mean my own, or other people's? Peggy Guggenheim was an American millionairess art collector and legendary lover, whose father died on the Titanic returning from installing the lift machinery in the Eiffel Tower. She lived in Paris in the 1930s and got to know all the major artists - especially the Surrealists. (Later she bullied Max Ernst into marrying her, but was snubbed by Picasso.) When the Second World War broke out, she bought great numbers of paintings from artists fleeing to America; as a Jew she escaped from Vichy, France and set up in New York, where in the 1940s and 1950s she befriended and encouraged the New York School (Jackson Pollock, Rothko, and others) |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American Archive arrived artists became Beckett Benita bought Breton Century Charles Henri Ford Charles Seliger Clotilde Dalí daughter dealer death despite Djuna Barnes Duchamp early Europe exhibition father felt Florette France French gallery gave German girl Guggenheim Jeune Hazel Hélion Herbert Read Hilla Holms husband Jacqueline Jews Jimmy Jimmy Ernst John Kay Boyle Kay Sage Kiesler knew later Laurence Laurence's Leonora letters lived London look Marcel Duchamp marriage married Max Ernst Max's Megève Messer Mina Loy modern art mother moved Museum Nelly never night painter paintings palazzo Paris party Pegeen Peggy Guggenheim Collection Peggy's Penrose Picasso Pollock Putzel Ralph Rebay remembers returned Roland Penrose Sandro sculpture Seligman Sindbad sister Solomon soon staying Surrealism Surrealist Tanguy Tate things told took Vail Venice wanted wife write Wyn Henderson York