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9 de jun. de 2021 · Belle da Costa Greene was one of the most prominent librarians in American history. She was born Belle Marion Greener to African American parents Richard Theodore Greener and Genevieve Ida Fleet Greener, in Washington, D.C., on November 26, 1879. Her parents separated in her childhood. … Read MoreBelle da Costa Greene (1883-1950)
Belle da Costa Greene (1879-1950) held a pivotal role at the Pierpont Morgan Library as its first director, and she was a prominent social fixture amongst the rich and famous of New York. Her career and social circles were not possible for a Black woman to cultivate in early twentieth-century America, yet Greene accessed them by passing as white.
16 de ene. de 2023 · Tra le donne il cui nome e biografia sono misconosciuti, merita certamente un posto Belle da Costa-Greene, la quale, all’inizio del Novecento ebbe il grande merito di creare (in gran parte) e di trasformare la collezione privata del banchiere John Pierpont Morgan in biblioteca e museo pubblico, l’attuale Morgan Library & Museum di New York.
Belle da Costa Greene was one of the most prominent American librarians and cultural leaders of the first half of the twentieth century. She first entered this room in late 1905, when she began work as the private librarian of financier and collector J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913). The daughter of educator, diplomat, and activist Richard ...
1 de nov. de 2021 · DAL MONDO Belle Greene. 19 € su Amazon. Belle prima di morire ha distrutto gran parte della documentazione e degli articoli che parlavano di lei, ma intimamente non ha mai rinnegato l’essere ...
22 de sept. de 2022 · Belle da Costa Greene's bequest to the Morgan Library & Museum included nineteen drawings, two prints, and over forty leaves from Islamic and Christian medieval manuscripts. Greene’s collection ranged from a drawing by Henri Matisse and an illuminated folio of Nizami’s Khamsa attributed to Siyarsh, to a woodblock print of Albrecht Durer’s most famous compositions, Melancholia .
Belle da Costa Greene (n. 13 decembrie 1883, Alexandria, Virginia, SUA – d. 10 mai 1950, New York City, New York, SUA) a fost prima femeie de culoare bibliotecară la Pierpont Morgan.Ea a organizat și dezvoltat biblioteca personală a lui J.P. Morgan, iar după moartea lui Morgan în 1913, a continuat să lucreze ca bibliotecară pentru fiul acestuia, J.P. Morgan Jr. În 1924 a fost numită ...
