And the good news is that it will again be open to the public as of Oct. 3, 2020. In the meantime, there are a lot of virtual tours available.
And another beautiful piece of architecture houses the Guggenheim Museum in Bilboa, Spain. Designed by Frank Gehry.
Oh dear, there's still one in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Guadalajara, Mexico!
And Wikipedia tells of
- The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy – originally the private collection of Peggy Guggenheim (1951–present)
- The Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, Germany (funded by Deutsche Bank; 1997–2013)
- The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, a planned museum in the United Arab Emirates (under construction)[9
Meyer Guggenheim, a Swiss citizen of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, arrived in the United States in 1847. His surname was derived from the Alsatian village of Gougenheim. He married Barbara Meyer, whom he met in the United States.They had 11 children. If you're interested, go look at this family tree! Mr. Guggenheim made his fortune with mining.
I became interested in this topic through Sepia Saturday.
This week's prompt is...
"S. R. Guggenheim and Daughter. On a ship, c. 1920."
That would be Solomon R. And "daughter" would be...
one of three daughters:
- Eleanor Mary Guggenheim (1896–1992), m. Arthur Stuart, 7th Earl Castle Stewart in 1920
- Gertrude R. Guggenheim (1898–1966) (no marriage)
- Barbara Josephine Guggenheim (1904–1985), married John Lawson-Johnston
I think the youngest is who I'd guess is depicted in the 1920 photo. Her son, Peter Lawson-Johnston, is now the President of the Guggenheim Museum, and founder of Guggenheim Partners.
Did you know S. R. Guggenheim's younger brother,
"Benjamin Guggenheim (1865–1912), died in the Titanic disaster..."Benjamin was the father of Peggy Guggenheim, who "...founded the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice."
And now Sepia Saturday has given the description of their photo ...
"Our theme photo features the American businessman and art collector, Solomon Guggenheim and his daughter, Barbara Josephine Guggenheim."I was right!! Yay for my genealogical mind!
...as a teenager I visited the Guggenheim Museum in New York, what an experience.
ReplyDeleteI see the spider in the second photo. There is one by the National Gallery in Ottawa. I think it is called Maman.
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ReplyDeleteThe museums are beautiful! I wish I could visit them all in person. A virtual tour is nice. Take care, enjoy your weekend!
Fascinating architecture.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful musuems! I will check the links out, the virtual tour sounds nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links and have a great weekend.
What a wonderful take on the prompt photo. Well done! I'm never quite sure about artistic architecture. It can be exciting or lovely depending on the way one looks at it. It also reminds me of science fiction. I'm just never quite sure if I really like it or not? It depends, I guess. :) Either way, museums are wonderful places to learn of both the past and what's to come in the future.
ReplyDeleteMy father recommends reading The Unfinished Palazzo by Judith Mackrell. Apparently it is quite eye-opening!
ReplyDeleteAmazing family. And those museums!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post on the Guggenheim Family, as I knew very little about them.
ReplyDeleteI love the look of the Bilboa museum and how it complements the water. I'll have to take a look inside! Thanks for sharing the links and information.
ReplyDeleteI love how you've gone with looking into the Guggenheims. Great take!
ReplyDeleteWell done. I wondered if someone might pick the museum theme. I've not visited any of the Guggenheim collections but hope to someday. Do you suppose any of Mr. Guggenheim's numerous descendants keep a blog and write about their old family photos?
ReplyDeleteIs that a spider outside the museum in Bilbao? It would have been fun watching that museum being built.
ReplyDeleteQuite interesting to learn all this background on the people and the photo. I should try one of those virtual tours as I'm unlikely to see it in person in this lifetime.
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