The Art of Wealth
Author | : Shelley M. Bennett |
Publisher | : Huntington Library Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 0873282531 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780873282536 |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Art of Wealth provides a fresh perspective on the complicated mix of public and private motives and models that characterized art collecting and philanthropy in America in the early twentieth-century. The author focuses on four remarkable individuals: Collis Huntington, who started out as a peddler and went on to found a railroad empire; his second wife, Arabella, a woman of great intelligence and taste; her son, Archer, who devoted his life to creating and supporting museums; and Collis's nephew, Henry E. Huntington, who built up an extraordinary foundation and then gave it to the public as an enduring legacy.