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| Wheelock Whitney III | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1949-10-03) October 3, 1949 (age 75) New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Art collector |
| Known for | Member of prominent Whitney family |
| Board member of | Scenic Hudson: 1994-2003; 2009-present |
| Spouse | Sandro Cagnin |
| Relatives | Wheelock Whitney, Jr., father Wheelock Whitney, Sr., grandfather Benson Whitney, brother |
Wheelock "Lock" Whitney III (born October 3, 1949, in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American art collector and dealer.
Early life and education
Born in Connecticut, Whitney is the son of Wheelock Whitney, Jr. and Irene Hixon. He is the grandson of Wheelock Whitney, Sr. Whitney grew up in the Minnesota branch of the prominent American Whitney family and is of close relation to the Vanderbilt family.
Career
His published books include:
- Gericault in Italy ISBN 0-300-06803-4
He has contributed more than fifty notable 18th- and 19th-century paintings, mainly French, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
He is a philanthropist living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and in the Town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New York.
Personal life
He is the son of Wheelock Whitney, Jr., grandson of Wheelock Whitney, Sr., and the brother of Benson Whitney. His father married Chief Justice Kathleen A. Blatz of the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2005, who was five years his son's junior.
References
- Scenic Hudson (December 18, 2009). "Scenic Hudson Names New Board Members". Scenic Hudson. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
- Billy Farrell Agency (September 7, 2012). "Lock Whitney". www.bfanyc.com. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
- Holland Cotter (January 25, 2013). "'The Path of Nature,' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
Lucky for them that one of those scholars is the collector and dealer Wheelock Whitney III, who has a passion for French art from the years between neo-Classicism and Romanticism, and a particular love for gleaming little oil sketches on paper done out of doors — en plein-air — in that time. For years he sought them out and bought them up. In 2003 he gave his pictures to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where 50 of them make up the exhibition called "The Path of Nature: French Paintings From the Wheelock Whitney Collection, 1785-1850."
- "The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Search Results". www.metmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
- "The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: European Paintings". www.metmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2004-12-11.
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