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{{Short description|American art collector and philanthropist (1896–1979)}}
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|name = Kathryn Bache Miller
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|birth_name =
|birth_name = Kathryn Bache
|other_names = Kitty Bache
|birth_date = 1896
|birth_date = April 19, 1896
|birth_place = [[New York City]]
|birth_place = [[New York City]]
|death_date = October 15, {{Death year and age|1979|1896}}
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|death_place = New York City
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|nationality = American
|parents = [[Jules Bache]]
|parents = [[Jules Bache]]
|spouse = [[Gilbert Miller]]
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'''Kathryn Bache Miller''' (1896 – October 15, 1979) was an American [[art collector]] and [[philanthropist]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Miller, Kathryn Bache|url=http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=7386|website=Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America|publisher=[[Frick Collection]]}}</ref>
'''Kathryn Bache Miller''' (April 19, 1896 – October 15, 1979) was an American [[art collector]] and [[philanthropist]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Miller, Kathryn Bache|url=http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=7386|website=Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America|publisher=[[Frick Collection]]}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Bache was born in 1896. She was the daughter of [[investment banker]] [[Jules S. Bache]] and was known to her friends as Kitty.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Kathryn B. Miller, Philanthropist, 83|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9406E7D71638E732A25755C1A9669D946890D6CF|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 16, 1979}}</ref> In 1927, she married the [[theatrical producer]] [[Gilbert Miller]] in [[Paris]], France.<ref name=wedding>{{cite news|title=Miss Bache Weds Gilbert Miller|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0DE7DD103FE03ABC4F52DFB166838C639EDE|work=The New York Times|date=July 17, 1927}}</ref>
Bache was born in 1896, she was the daughter of [[investment banker]] [[Jules S. Bache]] and Florence Rosalie Scheftel (1869&ndash;1931). Known to her friends as Kitty.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Kathryn B. Miller, Philanthropist, &#91;sic&#93; 83|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/16/archives/kathryn-b-miller-philantropist-83-heiress-set-a-standard-of-living.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 16, 1979}}</ref> she married 1927 the [[theatrical producer]] [[Gilbert Miller]] in [[Paris]], France.<ref name=wedding>{{cite news|title=Miss Bache Weds Gilbert Miller|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/07/17/archives/miss-bache-weds-gilbert-miller-daughter-of-new-york-banker-marries.html|work=The New York Times|date=July 17, 1927}}</ref>
On February 18, 1916, along with many other [[debutante]]s, she performed in the [[suffrage]] opera, ''Melinda and Her Sisters'', by [[Alva Belmont|Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont]] and [[Elsa Maxwell|Miss Elsa Maxwell]]. It was staged in the grand ballroom of the [[Waldorf–Astoria (New York, 1893)|Waldorf–Astoria]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Suffrage Opera Tonight. Big Audience Assured for Mrs. Belmont's ''Melinda and Her Sisters''.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03EFDA103FE233A2575BC1A9649C946796D6CF|work=The New York Times|date=February 18, 1916}}</ref>
On February 18, 1916, along with many other [[debutante]]s, she performed in the [[suffrage]] opera, ''Melinda and Her Sisters'', by [[Alva Belmont|Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont]] and [[Elsa Maxwell|Miss Elsa Maxwell]]. It was staged in the grand ballroom of the [[Waldorf–Astoria (New York, 1893)|Waldorf–Astoria]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Suffrage Opera Tonight. Big Audience Assured for Mrs. Belmont's ''Melinda and Her Sisters''.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/02/18/archives/suffrage-opera-tonight-big-audience-assured-for-mrs-belmonts.html|work=The New York Times|date=February 18, 1916}}</ref>


==Goya's ''Red Boy''==
==Goya's ''Red Boy''==
[[File:Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zunica.jpg|thumb|175px|right|''[[Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga]]'' ("Red Boy"), 1787–88, by [[Francisco Goya|Goya]]]]
[[File:Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga.jpg|thumb|175px|right|''[[Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga]]'' ("Red Boy"), 1787–88, by [[Francisco Goya|Goya]]]]
In 1926, while in Paris at the art gallery of [[Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen|Joseph Duveen]], she fell in love with the painting by [[Francisco Goya]], ''[[Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga]]'', commonly known as the "Red Boy". Her father then purchased it for $275,000.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Behrman|first1=Samuel Nathaniel|title=Duveen. The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time|date=1951|pages=78–81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5mOijfpFxYC&pg=PA78}}</ref> The painting was hung prominently in her living room. Her interior decorator, [[Billy Baldwin (decorator)|Billy Baldwin]], described her attachment to it as if it were a living being.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wolf|first1=Riva|editor1-last=Schroth|editor1-first=Sarah|title=Art in Spain and the Hispanic World: Essays in Honor of Jonathan Brown|date=2010|chapter=Goya's 'Red Boy': The Making of a Celebrity|pages=144–73|url=https://faculty.newpaltz.edu/revawolf/files/L1013_Wolf-Goyas-Red-Boy-144-173-FINALFINAL.pdf}}</ref> Her father bequeathed the painting to the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], but it was allowed to be shown periodically in Miller's apartment until she died in 1979.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Salomon|first1=Xavier F.|title=Goya and the Altamira Family|journal=The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin|issue=Spring 2014|pages=4–6|url=http://issuu.com/metmuseum/docs/goya_spring_2014_bulletin}}</ref>
In 1926, while in Paris at the art gallery of [[Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen|Joseph Duveen]], she fell in love with the painting by [[Francisco Goya]], ''[[Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga]]'', commonly known as the "Red Boy". Her father then purchased it for $275,000.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Behrman|first1=Samuel Nathaniel|title=Duveen. The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time|date=1951|pages=78–81|publisher=New York Review of Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5mOijfpFxYC&pg=PA78|isbn=9781892145178}}</ref> The painting was hung prominently in her living room. Her interior decorator, [[Billy Baldwin (decorator)|Billy Baldwin]], described her attachment to it as if it were a living being.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wolf|first1=Riva|editor1-last=Schroth|editor1-first=Sarah|title=Art in Spain and the Hispanic World: Essays in Honor of Jonathan Brown|date=2010|chapter=Goya's 'Red Boy': The Making of a Celebrity|pages=144–73|chapter-url=https://faculty.newpaltz.edu/revawolf/files/L1013_Wolf-Goyas-Red-Boy-144-173-FINALFINAL.pdf}}</ref> Her father bequeathed the painting to the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], but it was allowed to be shown periodically in Miller's apartment until she died in 1979.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Salomon|first1=Xavier F.|title=Goya and the Altamira Family|journal=The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin|date=June 17, 2014 |issue=Spring 2014|pages=4–6|url=http://issuu.com/metmuseum/docs/goya_spring_2014_bulletin}}</ref>


==Marriage==
==Marriage==
On July 16, 1927, she married Gilbert Miller, a theatrical producer, in Paris, France. Her father had been initially against the marriage, but then changed his mind. He helped the guests celebrate with a wedding breakfast at his Paris apartment, which held his vast collection of antiques and art works.<ref name=wedding/>
On July 16, 1927, she married [[Gilbert Miller]], a theatrical producer, in Paris, France. Her father had been initially against the marriage, but then changed his mind. He helped the guests celebrate with a wedding breakfast at his Paris apartment, which held his vast collection of antiques and art works.<ref name=wedding/> Her apartment at [[550 Park Avenue]] in New York City was decorated by [[Billy Baldwin (decorator)|Billy Baldwin]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/social-diary/2016/hello-kitty | title=Social Diary Archives &#124; David Patrick Columbia's Social Diary Column| newspaper=New York Social Diary}}</ref>


==Later life==
==Later life==
A well-dressed society figure, she became a permanent member of the [[International Best Dressed List|Fashion Hall of Fame]], class of 1965, along with [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Best Dressed Women of Year Named|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D07E2DF1E3BEF34BC4C52DFB766838D679EDE|work=The New York Times|date=January 14, 1966}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The International Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame 2014|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/09/international-best-dressed-hall-of-fame|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref>
A well-dressed society figure, she became a permanent member of the [[International Best Dressed List|Fashion Hall of Fame]], class of 1965, along with [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Best Dressed Women of Year Named|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/14/archives/bestdressed-women-of-year-named.html|work=The New York Times|date=January 14, 1966}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The International Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame 2014|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/09/international-best-dressed-hall-of-fame|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=August 6, 2014}}</ref> She was a close friend of the [[Duchess of Windsor]] and [[Truman Capote]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/16/archives/kathryn-b-miller-philantropist-83-heiress-set-a-standard-of-living.html |title = Kathryn B. Miller, Philantropist, 83|newspaper = The New York Times|date = October 16, 1979|last1 = Thomas|first1 = Robert McG. Jr.}}</ref>


==Philanthropy==
==Philanthropy==
She was known for having lavish New Year's Eve parties that supported charities. In particular, she supported [[St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center|Roosevelt Hospital]] with millions of dollars.<ref name=obit/>
She was known for having lavish New Year's Eve parties that supported charities. In particular, she supported [[Mount Sinai West|Roosevelt Hospital]] with millions of dollars.<ref name=obit/>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
On 17 April 1980 her estate was sold at auction by [[Christie's]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eaJ0MwAACAAJ The Estate of Kathryn Bache Miller]</ref> In 1983 the Italian Baroque painting of [[c:File:Mattia Preti - San Giovanni Battista Predicazione.jpg|''St John the Baptist Preaching'']] by [[Mattia Preti]] was purchased partially with funds from the ''Kathryn Bache Miller Fund'' for the [[Legion of Honor (museum)|Legion of Honor]] museum in California.<ref name=nash>{{cite book|last1=Nash|first1=Steven A.|last2=Orr|first2=Lynn Federle|title=Masterworks of European Painting in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor|date=1999|publisher=[[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]]|location=New York|isbn=1-55595-182-1|pages=58–59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u9Et3Te5KqgC&pg=PA58}}</ref>
On April 17, 1980 her estate was sold at auction by [[Christie's]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eaJ0MwAACAAJ The Estate of Kathryn Bache Miller]</ref> In 1983 the Italian Baroque painting of [[c:File:Mattia Preti - San Giovanni Battista Predicazione.jpg|''St John the Baptist Preaching'']] by [[Mattia Preti]] was purchased partially with funds from the ''Kathryn Bache Miller Fund'' for the [[Legion of Honor (museum)|Legion of Honor]] museum in California.<ref name=nash>{{cite book|last1=Nash|first1=Steven A.|last2=Orr|first2=Lynn Federle|title=Masterworks of European Painting in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor|date=1999|publisher=[[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]]|location=New York|isbn=1-55595-182-1|pages=58–59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u9Et3Te5KqgC&pg=PA58}}</ref>


In 1988, the [[Miller Theatre]] at [[Columbia University]] was named in her honor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kozinn|first1=Allan|title=Opening Night Kathryn Bache Miller Theater|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/03/arts/classical-music-in-review-738292.html|work=The New York Times|date=October 3, 1992}}</ref>
In 1988, the [[Miller Theatre]] at [[Columbia University]] was named in her honor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kozinn|first1=Allan|title=Opening Night Kathryn Bache Miller Theater|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/03/arts/classical-music-in-review-738292.html|work=The New York Times|date=October 3, 1992}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 11:20, 4 April 2024

Kathryn Bache Miller
Bache c. 1910 – c. 1915
Born
Kathryn Bache

April 19, 1896
New York City
DiedOctober 15, 1979(1979-10-15) (aged 83)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Other namesKitty Bache
Spouse
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​
(m. 1927; died 1969)​
ParentJules Bache

Kathryn Bache Miller (April 19, 1896 – October 15, 1979) was an American art collector and philanthropist.[1]

Early life

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Bache was born in 1896, she was the daughter of investment banker Jules S. Bache and Florence Rosalie Scheftel (1869–1931). Known to her friends as Kitty.[2] she married 1927 the theatrical producer Gilbert Miller in Paris, France.[3] On February 18, 1916, along with many other debutantes, she performed in the suffrage opera, Melinda and Her Sisters, by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and Miss Elsa Maxwell. It was staged in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf–Astoria.[4]

Goya's Red Boy

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Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga ("Red Boy"), 1787–88, by Goya

In 1926, while in Paris at the art gallery of Joseph Duveen, she fell in love with the painting by Francisco Goya, Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga, commonly known as the "Red Boy". Her father then purchased it for $275,000.[5] The painting was hung prominently in her living room. Her interior decorator, Billy Baldwin, described her attachment to it as if it were a living being.[6] Her father bequeathed the painting to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but it was allowed to be shown periodically in Miller's apartment until she died in 1979.[7]

Marriage

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On July 16, 1927, she married Gilbert Miller, a theatrical producer, in Paris, France. Her father had been initially against the marriage, but then changed his mind. He helped the guests celebrate with a wedding breakfast at his Paris apartment, which held his vast collection of antiques and art works.[3] Her apartment at 550 Park Avenue in New York City was decorated by Billy Baldwin.[8]

Later life

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A well-dressed society figure, she became a permanent member of the Fashion Hall of Fame, class of 1965, along with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.[9][10] She was a close friend of the Duchess of Windsor and Truman Capote.[11]

Philanthropy

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She was known for having lavish New Year's Eve parties that supported charities. In particular, she supported Roosevelt Hospital with millions of dollars.[2]

Legacy

[edit]

On April 17, 1980 her estate was sold at auction by Christie's.[12] In 1983 the Italian Baroque painting of St John the Baptist Preaching by Mattia Preti was purchased partially with funds from the Kathryn Bache Miller Fund for the Legion of Honor museum in California.[13]

In 1988, the Miller Theatre at Columbia University was named in her honor.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Miller, Kathryn Bache". Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America. Frick Collection.
  2. ^ a b "Kathryn B. Miller, Philanthropist, [sic] 83". The New York Times. October 16, 1979.
  3. ^ a b "Miss Bache Weds Gilbert Miller". The New York Times. July 17, 1927.
  4. ^ "Suffrage Opera Tonight. Big Audience Assured for Mrs. Belmont's Melinda and Her Sisters". The New York Times. February 18, 1916.
  5. ^ Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel (1951). Duveen. The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time. New York Review of Books. pp. 78–81. ISBN 9781892145178.
  6. ^ Wolf, Riva (2010). "Goya's 'Red Boy': The Making of a Celebrity" (PDF). In Schroth, Sarah (ed.). Art in Spain and the Hispanic World: Essays in Honor of Jonathan Brown. pp. 144–73.
  7. ^ Salomon, Xavier F. (June 17, 2014). "Goya and the Altamira Family". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Spring 2014): 4–6.
  8. ^ "Social Diary Archives | David Patrick Columbia's Social Diary Column". New York Social Diary.
  9. ^ "Best Dressed Women of Year Named". The New York Times. January 14, 1966.
  10. ^ "The International Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame 2014". Vanity Fair. August 6, 2014.
  11. ^ Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (October 16, 1979). "Kathryn B. Miller, Philantropist, 83". The New York Times.
  12. ^ The Estate of Kathryn Bache Miller
  13. ^ Nash, Steven A.; Orr, Lynn Federle (1999). Masterworks of European Painting in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. New York: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. pp. 58–59. ISBN 1-55595-182-1.
  14. ^ Kozinn, Allan (October 3, 1992). "Opening Night Kathryn Bache Miller Theater". The New York Times.
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