John de Menil (Q15436822)
American philanthropist and art collector (1904-1973)
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(P813) Sunday, August 27, 2017
(P854) https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/353173

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(P813) Tuesday, July 4, 2017
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(P569) Monday, January 4, 1904
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(P813) Wednesday, August 23, 2017
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Friday, January 1, 1904
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(P1810) JOHN DE MENIL

(P570) Friday, June 1, 1973
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(P813) Wednesday, August 23, 2017
(P854) https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/353173

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(P854) https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/18/magazine/the-de-menil-family-the-medici-of-modern-art.html
(P1683) "Dominique de Menil appears regularly in Forbes magazine's annual listing of the 400 richest people in America, with an estimated worth of ''at least'' $200 million in Schlumberger stock and art alone. But one family member suggests that the figure ''could easily be twice that amount.'' (Box, page 38.) Millionaires are different from us, as everyone knows, but as a clan the de Menils are different even from their fellow millionaires, most noticeably in the unconventional ways in which they spend their money. Unlike the normal superwealthy, their pursuits do not run to clubs, yachts or horseracing. Collectively, they have disbursed tens of millions of dollars for purchases, commissions and general support of art - contributions, to be sure, that more than occasionally have been attended by an impulse to control. They have also come to the aid of liberal-left politicians and Islamic religious groups, avant-garde music and counterculture films, archeological digs and art education, Long Island fishermen and anti-Vietnam activists. Their associates tend not to be other superrichlings, but artists, film makers, poets, anthropologists, activists, professors, priests and - in the case of Philippa, who is involved with Sufism, an Islamic philosophy - sheiks and whirling dervishes." (language: en)

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