With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Edward M. M. Warburg
Patronage
1908 – 1992
- Biography/Description of Work
Philanthropist, art patron. Co-founder of the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art with Lincoln Kirstein in 1928 and of the School of American Ballet with Kirstein and Ballanchine in 1934. He joined the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art in 1933, to which he donated much of his personal collection which included works by Georgia O’Keefe, Edward Hopper, Alexander Calder, Gaston Lachaise and European artist such as Picasso, Matisse, Klee and Brancusi. He lived in Manhattan, but retired in Wilton.
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