Whitney Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art
The front of the museum (2019)
Established1930 (1930)
Location99 Gansevoort Street, New York City
TypeArt museum
Visitors1,151,080 (2016)[1]
FounderGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
DirectorAdam D. Weinberg
ArchitectRenzo Piano
Websitewhitney.org

The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as the "Whitney Museum" or "The Whitney", is an art museum located in New York City. The museum was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942).[2]

Whitney Museum of American Art on Madison Avenue

The Whitney has art from the United States created in the 20th and 21st centuries.[3] It was started with the collection of the founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Whitney began collecting art in the 1920s. She started the museum in 1930. It was located in 3 connected row houses in Greenwich Village.[4]

After Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney died in 1942 her daughter Flora Payne Whitney (1897-1986) became the president of the museum.[5] When Flora Payne Whitney retired in 1974, her daughter Flora Miller Biddle became president. She served until 1995.[6]

The museum has moved several times since it was founded. The two main moves were in 1966 to Madison Avenue and in 2015 to Gansevoort Street.[2]

Gallery

  • Oscar Florianus Bluemner, Old Canal Port, (1914)
    Oscar Florianus Bluemner, Old Canal Port, (1914)
  • Maurice Prendergast, Central Park, 1900, (1900)
    Maurice Prendergast, Central Park, 1900, (1900)
  • George Luks, Armistice Night, (1918)
    George Luks, Armistice Night, (1918)
  • Edward Hopper, New York Interior, c. 1921
    Edward Hopper, New York Interior, c. 1921
  • George Bellows, Dempsey and Firpo, (1924)
    George Bellows, Dempsey and Firpo, (1924)
  • Charles Demuth, My Egypt, 1927
    Charles Demuth, My Egypt, 1927
  • Florine Stettheimer, New York/Liberty, 1918-1919
    Florine Stettheimer, New York/Liberty, 1918-1919
  • John Steuart Curry, Baptism in Kansas, 1928
    John Steuart Curry, Baptism in Kansas, 1928
  • Charles Sheeler, River Rouge Plant, 1932
    Charles Sheeler, River Rouge Plant, 1932
  • Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning, 1930
    Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning, 1930
  • Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958
    Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958
  • William Glackens, Hammerstein's Roof Garden, c. 1901
    William Glackens, Hammerstein's Roof Garden, c. 1901

References

  1. ↑ "Visitor Figures 2016" (PDF). The Art Newspaper Review. April 2017. p. 14. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Whitney Museum of American Art". Britannica. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Whitney Museum of American Art, New York , United States". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Whitney Museum of American Art". The Art Story. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Whitney, Flora Payne (1897–1986)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Taylor, Kate (3 November 2009). "Flora Miller Biddle, Former President of the Whitney, Becomes A Work of Art in the Book "Sydney and Flora."". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

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