The Passionate Collector: Eighty Years in the World of Art - Hardcover

Neuberger, Roy R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471273430 ISBN 13: 9780471273431

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Synopsis

"Few living persons have served the Metropolitan Museum of Art–indeed, the entire world of art and art museums–longer, or with more distinction, than Roy Neuberger. A man of taste, passion, persistence, and generosity, he has shared much of his great private collection with the public, and for generations has supported activities that bring people to museums, and motivate them to return again and again. Now, this giant of a man has recorded eighty years of his life–and the result is entertaining, illuminating, and, like the tireless gentleman himself, inspiring."
–Philippe de Montebello, Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Equal to his passion for investing is Roy Neuberger′s love for art–which he has collected and encouraged for eight decades.

In The Passionate Collector: Eighty Years in the World of Art, you′ll follow this fascinating financial figure and great patron of the arts from the streets of 1920s Paris to the museums of New York as he develops the eye of a connoisseur and begins to collect great contemporary art.

Vivid detail puts you in the center of the action as Neuberger collects the brilliant artists of his time–Milton Avery, Jackson Pollock, Ben Shahn, Edward Hopper; works with legendary art dealers Paul Rosenberg, Betty Parsons, Sidney Janis, and Leo Castelli; and befriends avid collectors, including the incomparable Duncan Phillips. You′ll follow Neuberger as he strives to further the cause of contemporary American artists by exhibiting, lending, and donating from his growing collection, and becoming an activist for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney. You′ll also see how the Neuberger Museum of Art was created at the urging of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and how it continues to fascinate art enthusiasts today.

Part personal memoir, part history of art, The Passionate Collector offers a unique view of twentieth–century American art from a man who has lived it.

About this title

About the Author

ROY R. NEUBERGER is one of the most successful, esteemed, and long–lived investors on Wall Street. Mr. Neuberger founded the $55 billion money management firm of Neuberger Berman in 1939, and in 1950 he established the Guardian Mutual Fund. He has an extraordinary record of success as a savvy investor and businessman, as well as philanthropist and patron of the arts.
ALFRED AND ROMA CONNABLE, partners in marriage and writing for forty years, also assisted their friend Roy Neuberger on his previous book, So Far So Good–The First 94 Years, also from Wiley.

From the Back Cover

"Few living persons have served the Metropolitan Museum of Art indeed, the entire world of art and art museums longer, or with more distinction, than Roy Neuberger. A man of taste, passion, persistence, and generosity, he has shared much of his great private collection with the public, and for generations has supported activities that bring people to museums, and motivate them to return again and again. Now, this giant of a man has recorded eighty years of his life and the result is entertaining, illuminating, and, like the tireless gentleman himself, inspiring."
Philippe de Montebello, Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Equal to his passion for investing is Roy Neuberger’s love for art which he has collected and encouraged for eight decades.

In The Passionate Collector: Eighty Years in the World of Art, you’ll follow this fascinating financial figure and great patron of the arts from the streets of 1920s Paris to the museums of New York as he develops the eye of a connoisseur and begins to collect great contemporary art.

Vivid detail puts you in the center of the action as Neuberger collects the brilliant artists of his time Milton Avery, Jackson Pollock, Ben Shahn, Edward Hopper; works with legendary art dealers Paul Rosenberg, Betty Parsons, Sidney Janis, and Leo Castelli; and befriends avid collectors, including the incomparable Duncan Phillips. You’ll follow Neuberger as he strives to further the cause of contemporary American artists by exhibiting, lending, and donating from his growing collection, and becoming an activist for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney. You’ll also see how the Neuberger Museum of Art was created at the urging of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and how it continues to fascinate art enthusiasts today.

Part personal memoir, part history of art, The Passionate Collector offers a unique view of twentieth–century American art from a man who has lived it.

From the Inside Flap

Roy Neuberger’s passion for investing is equaled only by his love for fine art which has been central to his life for eighty years. In The Passionate Collector: Eighty Years in the World of Art, Neuberger shares his love and pursuit of art, his views on the influential artists of our time, and his approach to collecting.

This intriguing personal memoir moves quickly from Neuberger’s childhood in Connecticut and New York to the vibrant streets of Paris in the 1920s when, as a student of art, Neuberger visits the Louvre, attends the Sorbonne, and begins to develop the eye of a collector. Motivated by the knowledge that Van Gogh and other great artists were ignored in their lifetimes, Neuberger sets his sights on financial success on Wall Street so he can help support artists living in his time, buy their works, and champion their causes.

With a candid and fluid writing style, Neuberger takes you on an incredible journey through the world of art that begins during the Great Depression and continues into the twenty–first century. The Passionate Collector puts you in Neuberger’s shoes as he encounters the great artists of his time Milton Avery, Jackson Pollock, Ben Shahn, Edward Hopper; works with legendary art dealers Paul Rosenberg, Betty Parsons, Sidney Janis, and Leo Castelli; and befriends other avid collectors, including the incomparable Duncan Phillips.

Yet The Passionate Collector is more than Soho studios and Madison Avenue galleries. You’ll watch as Neuberger advances the cause of contemporary American artists by exhibiting, lending, and donating from his growing collection, and becoming an activist for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. You’ll also see how the Neuberger Museum of Art was created at the urging of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and how it continues to fascinate art enthusiasts with works such as Jackson Pollock’s Number 8, 1949 and Henry Moore’s Large Two Forms.

As a collector, museum trustee, and president of the American Federation of Arts, Roy Neuberger has been afforded a unique view of twentieth–century American art. In The Passionate Collector he invites you to meet his friends artists, dealers, curators, and collectors and shares eight decades’ worth of adventures within the world of art.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471273430
• ISBN 13: 9780471273431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192