Mrs charles wrightsman biography
- Jayne Kirkman Wrightsman was an American philanthropist, arts collector and widow of Charles B. Wrightsman.
- Charles B. Wrightsman, born in 1895, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, studied at Phillips Exeter Academy and Stanford and Columbia Universities.
- Charles Bierer Wrightsman (June 13, 1895 – May 27, 1986) was an American oil executive and arts patron.
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Jayne Wrightsman
American philanthropist and art collector (1919–2019)
Jayne Wrightsman | |
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| Born | Jane Kirkman Larkin (1919-10-21)October 21, 1919 Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | April 20, 2019(2019-04-20) (aged 99) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Socialite, philanthropist, collector, museum patron |
| Spouse | Charles B. Wrightsman |
Jayne Kirkman Wrightsman (née Larkin; October 21, 1919 – April 20, 2019) was an American philanthropist, arts collector and widow of Charles B. Wrightsman (1895–1986). She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1965.[1] She was a resident and president of the co-op board at 820 Fifth Avenue.
Biography
She was born in Michigan, and grew up in Los Angeles.[2]
Beginning in 1952, she and her husband amassed the finest private collection in the US of the decorative arts of the ancien régime, ultimately donating many objects (comprising the Wrightsman Galleries) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[3] Jayne Wrightsman also served as a member of
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Jayne Wrightsman and The Costume Institute
Harold Koda, Former Curator in Charge, The Costume Institute
Clothing is an especially potent representation of aesthetic sensibility. Even an erratic sampling of an individual's wardrobe, over their lifetime, is as much biography as it is documentation of period style. The collection of The Costume Institute, therefore, focuses on works implicitly freighted with the history of the people who wore them. Moreover, its archives, here in an art museum, must address artistic achievement in relation to the works in its sister departments.
Given her discerning eye for paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts, it is not surprising that Mrs. Wrightsman included in her contributions to the Metropolitan garments that are significant in their artistic merit. A number of the most exquisite works of haute couture from the second half of the twentieth century are from Mrs. Wrightsman's wardrobe. Presented to the Museum over five decades, her collection could serve as a timeline of the dramatic shift witnessed in fashion from the pos
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Charles Bierer Wrightsman
American oil executive and arts patron
Charles Bierer Wrightsman (June 13, 1895 – May 27, 1986) was an American oil executive and arts patron. His second wife, Jayne was also an arts patron.
Personal life
Charles Bierer Wrightsman was born on June 13, 1895, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was the son of Charles John Wrightsman (1868–1959), an Oklahoma oilman and lawyer, and Edna (née Wrightsman) Wrightsman (1872–1950).[1] He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Stanford University, then transferred to Columbia University, joining the class of 1918.[2][3][4] He became president of Standard Oil of Kansas.[5] He married twice, first to Irene Dill Stafford (1896–1960), with whom he had two daughters: Irene Wrightsman and Charlene Stafford Wrightsman (1927–1963) the latter of whom, like her father, would also marry twice, first to actor Helmut Dantine and second to newspaper columnist Igor Cassini. Wrightsman's second wife was the above-noted Jayne Kirkman Larkin (1919–2019).[6]
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