Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman
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Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman (February 25, 1914 – August 22, 2008) was an American
philanthropist
who donated her extensive collection of Abstract Expressionist art to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Her first husband, businessman Jay Z. Steinberg, died in 1954, and she then was married to businessman Albert Hardy Newman from 1955 until his death in 1988.
In the 1940s she began purchasing works by Abstract Expressionists, including Jackson Pollock
, Willem de Kooning
, Robert Motherwell
, Mark Rothko
, Franz Kline
, and Alexander Calder
. Though a lifelong Chicago resident, Newman bequeathed most of her collection to the Met in New York.
Newman died in Chicago of natural causes.
United States
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philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
who donated her extensive collection of Abstract Expressionist art to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Life and career
She was born in Chicago, Illinois and as a youth took art classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at University of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
.
Her first husband, businessman Jay Z. Steinberg, died in 1954, and she then was married to businessman Albert Hardy Newman from 1955 until his death in 1988.
In the 1940s she began purchasing works by Abstract Expressionists, including Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock , known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist. He had a volatile personality, and...
, Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands....
, Robert Motherwell
Robert Motherwell
Robert Motherwell American painter, printmaker and editor. He was one of the youngest of the New York School , which also included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Philip Guston....
, Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz , was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".- Childhood :Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian...
, Franz Kline
Franz Kline
Franz Jozef Kline was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement centered around New York in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and attended Girard College, an academy in Philadelphia for fatherless boys...
, and Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing mobile sculptures. In addition to mobile and stable sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestry, jewelry and household objects.-Childhood:Alexander "Sandy" Calder was born in Lawnton,...
. Though a lifelong Chicago resident, Newman bequeathed most of her collection to the Met in New York.
Newman died in Chicago of natural causes.