Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

Figure 2: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller by Robert Brackman, New York, New York City, 1941, oil on canvas, 48 1/2 x 42 1/2 inches, Colonial Williamsburg, Gift of the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund through the generosity of John D. Rockefeller 3rd, his wife Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller, and their four children, 2019-82. Abby Rockefeller’s support of contemporary artists extended to the commission of this portrait.

“… a nation without humor is not only sad but dangerous” – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Eighty-nine years ago, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948) placed her collection of American folk art on loan to Colonial Williamsburg, a transformational act that led…

Nick Boschetto
February 21, 2024