Reposted blog on the Vanderbilts in art. HEIRESS, PATRON & ARTIST THE VANDERBILT TOUCH Gertrude and I were heiresses. There seemed never to have been a time when this was not made clear. Consuelo Vanderbilt In Robert Henri’s portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney done in 1916, she personifies sophistication and wealth—at ease with […]
