*Rebay was acknowledged to have excellent taste in modern art, she was a co-founder and first director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and long a confidante to Solomon Guggenheim.
Hildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Freiin Rebay von Ehrenwiesen,
known as Baroness Hilla von Rebay
or simply Hilla Rebay (31 May 1890 – 27 September 1967),
Hilla von Rebay, around 1915.
Hilla Rebay was an abstract artist in the early 20th century and a co-founder and first director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
*Guggenheim family found her personally difficult, especially Peggy Guggenheim. After Solomon Guggenheim died in 1949, the family expelled her from the board of directors…
51 1/4 x 42 in, 130.2 x 106.7 cm
Oil on canvas
41 1/2 x 49 1/2 in105.4 x 125.4 cm
Oil on canvas
41 1/2 x 49 1/2 in
105.4 x 125.4 cm
83 1/2 x 76 1/2 in, 212.1 x 194.3 cm
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She was also profoundly interested in spirituality, and from age 14 explored Theosophy, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and astrology. source and more
www.guggenheim.org/about-us/history/hilla-rebay
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