Peggy Guggenheim
![Guggenheim in Paris, {{circa}} 1930<br>background: view of [[Notre-Dame de Paris]], painting ''[[Dutch Interiors|Dutch Interior II]]'', by [[Joan Miró]] (1928)<br>photograph by [[Rogi André]] (Rozsa Klein)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Peggy_Guggenheim%2C_Paris%2C_photograph_Rogi_Andr%C3%A9_%28Rozsa_Klein%29.jpg/150px-Peggy_Guggenheim%2C_Paris%2C_photograph_Rogi_Andr%C3%A9_%28Rozsa_Klein%29.jpg)
Marguerite "
Peggy"
Guggenheim ( ; August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979) was an American
art collector,
bohemian, and
socialite. Born to the wealthy
New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of
Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with the ''
Titanic'' in 1912, and the niece of
Solomon R. Guggenheim, who established the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Guggenheim collected art in Europe and America between 1938 and 1946. She exhibited this collection as she built it. In 1949, she settled in
Venice, where she lived and exhibited her collection for the rest of her life. The
Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a modern art museum on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, and is one of the most visited attractions in Venice.
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