Solomon R. Guggenheim

"Solomon Robert Guggenheim (February 2, 1861 – November 3, 1949) was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He is best known for establishing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Born into a wealthy mining family, Guggenheim, "the copper king", founded the Yukon Gold Company in Alaska, among other business interests. He began collecting art in the 1890s, and after World War I, he retired from his business to spend his full time art collecting. Eventually, under the guidance of artist Hilla von Rebay, he focused on the collection of modern and contemporary art, creating an important collection by the 1930s and opening his first museum in 1939."

~• Married a Rothchild (another "Our Crowd" family: see project

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Links:

"New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6WQ-6F7 : 10 February 2018), Solomon Guggenheim and Irene M. Rothschild, 03 Apr 1895; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,493,190.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_R._Guggenheim

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53419137