The passionate collector

Description

"Few living persons have served the Metropolitan Museum of Art-indeed, the entire world of art and art museums-longer, or with more distinction, than Roy Neuberger. A man of taste, passion, persistence, and generosity, he has shared much of his great private collection with the public, and for generations has supported activities that bring people to museums, and motivate them to return again and again. Now, this giant of a man has recorded eighty years of his life-and the result is entertaining, illuminating, and, like the tireless gentleman himself, inspiring." -Philippe de Montebello, Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Equal to his passion for investing is Roy Neuberger's love for art-which he has collected and encouraged for eight decades. In The Passionate Collector: Eighty Years in the World of Art, you'll follow this fascinating financial figure and great patron of the arts from the streets of 1920s Paris to th...

First Sentence

My years in Paris as a young man spawned my passion and my eye for art.

Excerpt

My years in Paris as a young man spawned my passion and my eye for art.

Subjects

Genres

• Biography.

Other Editions

• The passionate collector: eighty years in the world of artWiley2003-01-01
• The Passionate CollectoreBookJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.2002-01-01
• The Passionate CollectorWiley2002-12-30
• Passionate CollectorWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2003-01-01
• Passionate CollectorWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2007-01-01