Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
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American sculptor
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an American sculptress, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born into the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married into the Whitney family.