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Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794-1877, American railroad magnate, b. Staten Island, N.Y. As a boy he ferried freight and passengers from Staten Island to Manhattan, and he soon gained control of most of the ferry lines and other short lines in the vicinity of New York City. He further expanded his... Read more
Richard Morris Hunt Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt 1828-95, American architect, b. Brattleboro, Vt., studied in Geneva, Switzerland, and at the École des Beaux-Arts; brother of William Morris Hunt . He was a leading practitioner of 19th-century eclecticism. Hunt worked under T. U. Walter on the extensions of the... Read more
Gaston Lachaise Gaston Lachaise
Gaston Lachaise , 1882-1935, American sculptor, b. Paris. After studying in Paris, he emigrated to the United States in 1906. For 12 years he worked in Boston and New York City, chiefly for the sculptors H. H. Kitson and Paul Manship , who employed him to execute details on some of their... Read more
New Rochelle New Rochelle
New Rochelle , city (1990 pop. 67,625), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on Long Island Sound; settled by Huguenots 1688, inc. as a village 1858, as a city 1899. Although mainly a residential suburb of New York City, it has some light industry. The house where Thomas Paine lived has been preserved. Iona... Read more
City University of New York City University of New York
City University of New York (CUNY), at New York City; created in 1961 by combining the city's 17 municipal colleges. It includes Bernard M. Baruch College (1919; specializes in business studies), Brooklyn College (1930), City College (1847; the oldest member college), the College of Staten Island... Read more
White Plains White Plains
White Plains city (1990 pop. 48,718), seat of Westchester co., SE N.Y., N of New York City; settled by Puritans from Connecticut in 1683; inc. as a village 1866, as a city 1916. The primary employment center for the county, the city has large shopping malls and light industries. The headquarters... Read more
William Travers Jerome William Travers Jerome
William Travers Jerome 1859-1934, American lawyer, b. New York City. Prominent in the cause of reform, he served (1894-95) on the Lexow commission to investigate political corruption and managed (1894) the successful campaign of William L. Strong for reform mayor of New York City. He helped frame... Read more
Frick Collection Frick Collection
FRICK COLLECTION FRICK COLLECTION, at 1 East Seventieth Street in New York City, is a museum devoted to late medieval through early modern art. Founded by the industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), it houses his collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and decorative arts, as... Read more
Guy Pène du Bois Guy Pène du Bois
Guy Pène du Bois , 1884-1958, American painter and critic, b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; studied under William Chase and in Paris. In New York City after 1906 he worked as a reporter and art critic for various newspapers and edited Arts and Decoration. The wry humor of his early paintings of social... Read more
William Baziotes William Baziotes
William Baziotes , 1912-64, American painter, b. Pittsburgh. Baziotes's works of the 1940s and 50s are largely abstract images, usually with brooding, primitive qualities encompassed in rich and muted colors. He taught in New York City at several schools including the Brooklyn Museum Art School and... Read more

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