Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
American philanthropist
Also known as: Abby Greene Aldrich
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marriage to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
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In 1901 Rockefeller married Abby Greene Aldrich (1874–1948), daughter of U.S. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. As an art collector, she was instrumental in the founding of the Museum of Modern Art. They had six children—a daughter, Abby (1903–76), and five sons: John D. III, Nelson A., Laurance S., Winthrop,…
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Museum of Modern Art
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Bliss, Mary Quinn Sullivan, and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller—the museum would be dedicated exclusively to the most progressive tendencies in modern art. The museum’s holdings of Cubist, Surrealist, and Abstract Expressionist paintings are especially extensive: it is home to Pablo Picasso’s pivotal Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Besides paintings,
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