Isabella Stewart Gardner
Art collector, Author
1840 – 1924
Who was Isabella Stewart Gardner?
Isabella Stewart Gardner – founder of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston – was an American art collector, philanthropist, and one of the foremost female patrons of the arts.
Isabella Stewart Gardner had a zest for life, an energetic intellectual curiosity and a love of travel. She was a friend of noted artists and writers of the day, including John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Anders Zorn, Henry James, Okakura Kakuzo and Francis Marion Crawford.
The Boston society pages called her by many names, including "Belle," "Donna Isabella," "Isabella of Boston," and "Mrs. Jack." Gardner created much fodder for the gossip tabloids of the day with her reputation for stylish tastes and unconventional behavior. Her surprising appearance at a 1912 concert wearing a white headband emblazoned with "Oh, you Red Sox" was reported at the time to have "almost caused a panic", and remains still in Boston one of the most talked about of her eccentricities.
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- Born
- Apr 14, 1840
New York City - Spouses
- John Lowell Gardner II
(1860/04/10 - )
- John Lowell Gardner II
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Jul 17, 1924
Boston - Resting place
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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