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Roberta Brooke Astor (née Russell; March 30, 1902 – August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer. She served as the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, who was a member of the Astor family. Brooke Astor was the author of two novels and two volumes of personal ...
James Whitney Fosburgh was an American painter and lecturer on art at the Frick Museum, ... Although homosexual, in 1953 he married the socialite Mary "Minnie" Cushing, whose first husband had been Vincent Astor. She was the daughter of Harvey Williams Cushing, a pioneer of brain surgery, ...
Study of a Dog Facing Left, 1820–73, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British), Graphite Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978 (1979.135.12) Bronze statuette of a hound gnawing a bone , 3rd–2nd century b.c. ; Hellenistic, Greek, Bronze Fletcher Fund, 1936 (36.11.12)
Mary Cushing Fosburgh. In Biographical Summaries of Notable People . Save this record and choose the information you want to add to your family tree. Save record . saveTextPlaceholder. Mary Cushing Fosburgh. In Biographical Summaries of Notable People ...
Mary Benedict Cushing (sister) Barbara Cushing (sister) Betsey Maria Whitney ( née Cushing, formerly Roosevelt; May 18, 1908 – March 25, 1998) was an American philanthropist, a former daughter-in-law of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and later wife of U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St James's, John Hay Whitney. [1]
Fosburgh and his wife, Mary ("Minnie") Cushing, were prominent art collectors in New York City. James Whitney Fosburgh was born in New York on August 1, 1910. He was the son of James Boies Alleyne Fosburgh (1879–1926) and Leila Whitney (d. 1913). [1]
13 de sept. de 2023 · Fosburgh was trained at Yale School of Fine Art, where he received his B.A. in 1933 and M.A. in 1935, and was an artist very much at the centre of things in pre and post-war American society. Although homosexual, he was married to the socialite Mary "Minnie" Cushing, whose first husband had been Vincent Astor.
