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Rich in Good Works
Millard F. Rogers
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Mary M. Emery of Cincinnati, Art Collector and Philanthropist
出版University of Akron Press, 2001
主題Antiques & Collectibles / ArtBiography & Autobiography / Rich & FamousBiography & Autobiography / WomenHistory / General
ISBN18848366669781884836664
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DnLaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋At the death of her husband in 1906, Mary Muhlenberg Emery (1844-1927) became one of the richest women in the United States. Recognizing her vast responsibility, she embarked on a philanthropic program that endowed or initiated children's programs, hospitals and medical institutions, orphanages, colleges and universities, an art museum, a zoological park, various cultural agencies, and other causes that benefited humankind. Mary Emery's most costly benefactions were directed to the founding of Mariemont, Ohio, a planned community near Cincinnati, and to the formation of a major collection of paintings. Her paintings by such old masters as Titian, Mantegna, Van Dyck, Gainsborough, and Hals were bequeathed to the Cincinnati Art Museum. This well-illustrated biography explores her gifts and life from its beginnings in New York City through family tragedies to the legacy she left behind.