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Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt
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Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942)

US sculptor and influential, Greenwich Village-based art patron. She established the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City in 1930 and is also known for her architectural sculptures, such as Titanic Memorial (1931) in Washington, DC. Whitney was born in New York City. She established and ran a hospital in France during World War I.



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The new building will engage the Whitney directly with the bustling community of artists, gallerists, students, educators, entrepreneurs, and residents in Chelsea and Greenwich Village, where the Museum was founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1930.
Whitney Museum releases plans for second building by Real Estate Weekly
Do not forget that The Village is where Jimi Hendrix built the Electric Lady sound studios, where Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the Whitney Museum, Andy Warhol and Lou Reed created the citadel of Hippiedom at the Electric Circus on St Marks Place and where Barbra Streisand debuted at the Bon Soir.
Tour Greenwich Village by Joshua Wills / Travel, recreation and leisure community
Friedman credits psychedelics for giving him the insight and imagination to drop out of the rat race—in his case, an immensely lucrative slot in his family’s real-estate business (his mother was a Uris)—to become a prolific author, most notably of biographies (among his subjects are Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and his friend Jackson Pollock).
A Long, Strange Trip: Leary's Circus Chronicled by Ann Marlowe / The New York Observer
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