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20th-century art collectors

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Agnès TroubléDesigner · Fashion(born Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé, 1941) is a French fashion designer with a namesake fashion label.
Alessandro HaberPerson · Music memorabiliaAlessandro Haber (born 19 January 1947) is an Italian actor, film director and singer.
Alice ArlenAuthor · BooksAlice Arlen (November 6, 1940 – February 29, 2016) was an American screenwriter, best known for Silkwood (1983), which she wrote with Nora Ephron.
Alicia KeysPerson · Music memorabiliaShe was born in Hell's Kitchen.
Ben LyonPerson · Film memorabiliaBen Lyon (February 6, 1901 – March 22, 1979) was an American film actor and a studio executive at 20th Century-Fox who later acted in British radio, films and TV.
Betty ParsonsArtist · SculptureBetty Parsons (born Betty Bierne Pierson, January 31, 1900 – July 23, 1982) was an American artist, art dealer, and collector known for her early promotion of Abstract Expressionism.
Bob GuccionePhotographer · PhotographyRobert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini Guccione (December 17, 1930 – October 20, 2010) was an American visual artist, photographer and publisher.
Cheech MarinPerson · Film memorabiliaRichard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian and actor.
Clive DonnerPerson · Film memorabiliaClive Stanley Donner (21 January 1926 – 6 September 2010) was a British film director who was part of the British New Wave, directing films such as The Caretaker, Nothing but the Best,…
Dario Del BufaloDesigner · DesignDario del Bufalo (Rome, 30 January 1958) is an Italian mosaic and antiquity expert, architect, author, and restorer.
David BowieArtist · PaintingsDavid Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor.
Dominique de VillepinAuthor · BooksDominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (dɔminik maʁi fʁɑ̃swa ʁəne ɡaluzo də vilpɛ̃;
Erling KaggeAuthor · BooksErling Kagge (born January 15, 1963) is a Norwegian explorer, publisher, author, philosopher, lawyer, art collector and entrepreneur.
Federico CastelluccioPerson · Film memorabiliaFederico Castelluccio (fedeˈriːko kastelˈluttʃo; born April 29, 1964) is an Italian-born American actor. He is best known for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO series The Sopranos.
Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y MontojoArtist · PaintingsFernando Montojo Zóbel de Ayala (August 27, 1924 – June 2, 1984), also known as Fernando M. Zóbel, was a Spanish Filipino painter, businessman, art collector and museum founder.
Gary WinickPerson · Film memorabiliaGary Scott Winick (March 31, 1961February 27, 2011) was an American filmmaker whose films as a director include Tadpole (2002) and 13 Going on 30 (2004), and who also produced such films as…
Gert ChesiPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Gert Chesi in the Voodoo forest.
Giuliano GemmaArtist · SculptureGiuliano Gemma (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛmma]; 2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor.
Gloria KatzPerson · Film memorabiliaGloria Katz (October 25, 1942 – November 25, 2018) was an American screenwriter and film producer, best known for her association with George Lucas.
Harold ActonAuthor · BooksSir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton (5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994) was a British writer, scholar, and aesthete who was a prominent member of the Bright Young Things.
Hilary KoprowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaHilary Koprowski (5 December 191611 April 2013) was a Polish virologist and immunologist.
Howard HodgkinArtist · PaintingsSir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin (6 August 1932 – 9 March 2017) was a British painter and printmaker. His work is most often associated with abstraction.
Hubert de GivenchyDesigner · FashionHubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (lang; 20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952.
Ian WoodnerDesigner · DesignIan Woodner (January 25, 1903 – November 1, 1990) was an American real estate developer, artist and art collector.
Jan des BouvrieDesigner · Modern designJan des Bouvrie (3 August 1942 – 4 October 2020) was a Dutch architect, interior and product designer, best known for his 1969 "kubusbank sofa", now considered a design classic.
Jorge LanataPerson · Film memorabiliaJorge Ernesto Lanata (12 September 1960 – 30 December 2024) was an Argentine journalist and author.
Khalid bin Faisal Al SaudAuthor · Books
Laura BiagiottiDesigner · FashionLaura Biagiotti (4 August 1943 – 26 May 2017) was an Italian fashion designer, and the founder of the House of Biagiotti.
Lincoln KirsteinAuthor · BooksLincoln Edward Kirstein (May 4, 1907 – January 5, 1996) was an American writer, impresario, art connoisseur, philanthropist, and cultural figure in New York City, noted especially as…
Linda Lee AlterArtist · PaintingsLinda Lee Alter (born 1939) is an American visual artist who is primarily known as an art collector and philanthropist.
Lothar-Günther BuchheimArtist · PaintingsLothar-Günther Buchheim (6 February 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a German author, painter, and wartime journalist under the Nazi regime.
Marie-Jacques PerrierPerson · Music memorabiliaMarie-Jacques Renée "Jacotte" Perrier (22 November 1924 – 29 November 2012) was a French singer, fashion journalist, voice actress, socialite, author and art collector.
Mario LanfranchiPerson · Film memorabiliaMario Lanfranchi (30 June 1927 – 3 January 2022) was an Italian film, theatre, and television director, screenwriter, producer, collector, and actor.
Marsha MasonPerson · Film memorabiliaMarsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and theatre director. She has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella…
Maximillion CooperDesigner · Modern designGumball 3000 is a brand known for the annual Gumball 3000 Rally, an international celebrity motor rally that takes place on public roads.
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron KillaninAuthor · BooksMichael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (30 July 1914 – 25 April 1999) was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),…
Monir Shahroudy FarmanfarmaianArtist · PaintingsMonir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (13 January 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art.
Prince Richard, Duke of GloucesterDesigner · DesignPrince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944), is a member of the British royal family.
Princess Elizabeth of SerbiaAuthor · Books
Rachel Lambert MellonDesigner · Modern designRachel Lambert "Bunny" Mellon (August 9, 1910 – March 17, 2014) was an American horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist, and art collector.
Reg GrundyPhotographer · PhotographyReginald Roy Grundy (4 August 1923 – 6 May 2016) was an Australian entrepreneur and media mogul, best known for his numerous television productions.
Sonja HeniePerson · Film memorabiliaSonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star.
Steven SpielbergPerson · Film memorabiliaSteven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one…
Tovah FeldshuhAuthor · BooksTerri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh (born December 27, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and playwright. She has been a Broadway star for fifty years, earning four Tony Award nominations.
Towhidi TabariDesigner · Modern designTowhidi Tabari (Mazandarani: توحیدی طبری Tawhidi Tabari; born 15 June 1964) is an Iranian artist.
Vincent PriceAuthor · BooksVincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, known to film audiences for his work in the horror genre, mostly portraying villains.
Yves Saint LaurentDesigner · FashionYves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), better known as Yves Saint Laurent (alsoUK), was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion label in…

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