Oh those Guggenheims

I know that name because of the wonderful museum in New York. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is in a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Here's a link to the museum's on-line site.

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.

Here's a link to some of the art at the Bilboa Guggenheim Museum.

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

I enjoyed reading the genealogy of the Guggenheim family over on Wikipedia HERE.   Basically

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."

Sinking of the Titanic by Willy Stower

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!