Nelson Rockefeller

Art collector

Rockefeller was a great collector of modern art. He continued his mother's work at the Museum of Modern Art and turned the basement of his Kykuit mansion into a first-class museum. While he was overseeing construction of the State University of New York system, he agreed with his lifelong friend Roy Neuberger to build a museum on the campus of SUNY Purchase College. The Neuberger Museum, designed by Philip Johnson, hosted several paintings collected by Neuberger and helped popularize several artists. His 1933 decision to purchase and then destroy Diego Rivera's mural at Rockefeller Center, which included a portrait of Lenin, is still controversial.

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Museum of Modern Art - Kykuit - State University of New York - Roy Neuberger - SUNY Purchase College - Neuberger Museum - Philip Johnson - Diego Rivera - Rockefeller Center - Lenin

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