Peggy Guggenheim: the Bohemia Queen of Modernism

Peggy Guggenheim, the heiress of a wealthy American family, later became one of the most influential art collectors of modern art. From NYC to Paris, London and Venice.  From May Ray to Duchamp, Dali to Pollock.  She was a great promoter of modern painting and sculptures since the 1920s.  

1924  by Man Ray

 

Peggy Guggenhiem in her surrealism inspired sunglasses.

 

 

Peggy Guggenhiem 's circle of friends included writers and Avant-garde artists and she collected some of their most important works. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Peggy Guggenhiem with Jackson Pollock)

 

Peggy Guggenhiem was also known for her wild parties and outrages style and behavior. Her appetite for lovers was certainly no less then her appetite  for art.  Peggy was said to have bedded hundreds of men, and occasionally women...