Isabella Stewart Gardner. Isabella Stewart Gardner was a leading American art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts.
She founded the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Gardner possessed an energetic intellectual curiosity and a love of travel.
She was a friend of noted artists and writers of the day, including John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Dennis Miller Bunker, Anders Zorn, Henry James, Okakura Kakuzo and Francis Marion Crawford. Gardner created much fodder for the gossip columns of the day with her reputation for stylish tastes and unconventional behavior.
The Boston society pages called her by many names, including Belle, Donna Isabella, Isabella of Boston, and Mrs. Jack.
Her surprising appearance at a 1912 concert wearing a white headband emblazoned with Oh, you Red Sox was reported at the time to havealmost caused a panic, and remains still in Boston one of the most talked about of her eccentricities. Isabella Stewart was born in New York City on April 14, 1840, the daughter of wealthy linen-merchant David Stewart and Adelia Smith Stewart. Tradition traces her Stewart ancestry to the legendary King Fergus of Del Riata. She grew up at 10 University Place in Manhattan, sometimes playing at her namesake grandmother Isabella's farm in Jamaica, Long Island. From age five to fifteen she attended a nearby academy for girls where she studied art, music, and dance, as well
She founded the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Gardner possessed an energetic intellectual curiosity and a love of travel.
She was a friend of noted artists and writers of the day, including John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Dennis Miller Bunker, Anders Zorn, Henry James, Okakura Kakuzo and Francis Marion Crawford. Gardner created much fodder for the gossip columns of the day with her reputation for stylish tastes and unconventional behavior.
The Boston society pages called her by many names, including Belle, Donna Isabella, Isabella of Boston, and Mrs. Jack.
Her surprising appearance at a 1912 concert wearing a white headband emblazoned with Oh, you Red Sox was reported at the time to havealmost caused a panic, and remains still in Boston one of the most talked about of her eccentricities. Isabella Stewart was born in New York City on April 14, 1840, the daughter of wealthy linen-merchant David Stewart and Adelia Smith Stewart. Tradition traces her Stewart ancestry to the legendary King Fergus of Del Riata. She grew up at 10 University Place in Manhattan, sometimes playing at her namesake grandmother Isabella's farm in Jamaica, Long Island. From age five to fifteen she attended a nearby academy for girls where she studied art, music, and dance, as well
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