Mary Quinn Sullivan

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Mary Quinn Sullivan was an American art collector and patron who played a key role in the early promotion and institutional support of modern art in the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art collector
art patron
human
museum founder
coFounded Museum of Modern Art
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Pratt Institute
Teachers College, Columbia University
familyName Sullivan
fieldOfWork art education
modern art
genreOfActivities art patronage
museum governance
givenName Mary
hasCollectionType modern European painting collection
influenced acceptance of modern art in American museums
knownFor advocacy for institutional support of modern art in the U.S.
organizing exhibitions of modern art
livedIn Indianapolis
New York City
memberOf board of trustees of the Museum of Modern Art
nativeLanguage English
notableFor co-founding the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
early promotion of modern art in the United States
notableWork early collection of modern European paintings later sold at Anderson Galleries
occupation art collector
art patron
educator
participatedIn founding of the Museum of Modern Art in 1929
patronOf modern artists
placeOfBirth Indianapolis
placeOfDeath New York City
religion Catholicism
residence New York City
sexOrGender female
socialCircle New York art world
spouse Cornelius J. Sullivan
supportedGenre European avant-garde art
modern art
supportedInstitution Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Studio Club
workLocation New York City

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Museum of Modern Art
foundedBy

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