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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Quinn Sullivan canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| 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 (Brooklyn campus)
ⓘ
surface form:
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
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modern art ⓘ |
| supportedInstitution |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Whitney Studio Club ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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