
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Businessperson, Organization founder
1861 – 1949
Who was Solomon R. Guggenheim?
Solomon Robert Guggenheim was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He is best known for establishing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Born into a wealthy mining family, Guggenheim founded the Yukon Gold Company in Alaska, among other business interests. He began collecting art in the 1890s, and after World War I, he retired from his business to pursue full-time art collecting. Eventually, under the guidance of artist Hilla von Rebay, he focused on the collection of modern and contemporary art, creating an important collection by the 1930s and opening his first museum in 1939.
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- Born
- Feb 2, 1861
Philadelphia - Also known as
- Solomon Guggenheim
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Nov 3, 1949
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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