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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

1875 - 1942

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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 – April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney has received more than 1,057,240 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney is the 233rd most popular sculptor (down from 201st in 2019), the 9,180th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,243rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 233 out of 258. Before her are Martin Kippenberger, Nikolai Tomsky, Anna Golubkina, Sabiha Bengütaş, Erzsébet Schaár, and Hellmuth Marx. After her are Chris Burden, Horatio Greenough, Francis Leggatt Chantrey, Knut Steen, Beverly Pepper, and Ronald Pope.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 180. Before her are Matt McGrath, Angeliki Panagiotatou, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Eddie Polo, and Shaqe Çoba. After her are Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, Émile Wegelin, Jean-Guy Gautier, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Charles Perrin. Among people deceased in 1942, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 227. Before her are Clinton Hart Merriam, Františka Plamínková, Heinz Körvers, James Cruze, Carl Gustav Fleischer, and Oleg Losev. After her are Gyula Prassler, Sidney Fox, Valentin Loos, Birger Cederin, Max Bodenstein, and Käthe Leichter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 9,180 out of 20,380. Before her are Mimi Kennedy (1948), Anthony Anderson (1970), Jenna Dewan (1980), Deb Haaland (1960), Mark Lenard (1924), and William H. Keeler (1931). After her are Randy Barnes (1966), Kay Johnson (1904), Robert Pearce (1908), Ben Alexander (1911), Christy Mathewson (1880), and Peabo Bryson (1951).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 14. Before her are Jacob Epstein (1880), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Audrey Munson (1891), Edmonia Lewis (1844), Duane Hanson (1925), and Daniel Chester French (1850). After her are Chris Burden (1946), Horatio Greenough (1805), Beverly Pepper (1922), Augusta Savage (1892), Dale Chihuly (1941), and Harriet Hosmer (1830).

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