Gertrude: The Life and Times of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

A fascinating biography of the sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum of Art, a rebellious woman who remade the art world in her image.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942) spent her life rebelling against the circumscribed roles society dictated for her. Tall and stylish, with modish cropped brown curls and a distinguished face, and arresting in lifestyle and demeanor—whether dressed in the latest fashions from Paris or her studio smock—Whitney understood...