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Robert Lehman (Q3435730)

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American banker, art collector, race-horse owner, and philanthropist (1891-1969)
  • Robert Owen Lehman Sr
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    Robert Lehman
    American banker, art collector, race-horse owner, and philanthropist (1891-1969)
    • Robert Owen Lehman Sr

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    given name
    Robert
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    family name
    Lehman
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    father
    Philip Lehman
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    position held
    trustee
    affiliation
    Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
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    reference URL
    https://research.frick.org/directory/viewItem/2100
    title
    Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America (English)
    retrieved
    10 February 2026
    quotation
    At the time of his death in August 1969, Robert, who was Chairman of the Board and a longtime trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, had been in discussion with the Museum regarding building design proposals to house the collection, in anticipation of a donation. At his death, the greater part of Lehman’s collection was bequeathed to the Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc., a philanthropic organization he had formed in 1943. (English)
    chairperson
    employer
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
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    reference URL
    https://research.frick.org/directory/viewItem/2100
    title
    Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America (English)
    retrieved
    10 February 2026
    educated at
    Yale University
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    Hotchkiss School
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    sport
    polo
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    depicted by
    New York Court Awards Nazi-Looted Egon Schiele Painting To Heir Of Holocaust Victim
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    reference URL
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/natashagural/2024/08/02/new-york-court-awards-nazi-looted-egon-schiele-drawing-to-heir-of-holocaust-victim/
    title
    New York Court Awards Nazi-Looted Egon Schiele Painting To Heir Of Holocaust Victim (English)
    language of work or name
    English
    retrieved
    9 March 2025
    author name string
    Natasha Gural
    quotation
    Robert Owen Lehman Sr. — longtime head of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, and a racehorse owner, art collector, and philanthropist — in 1964 bought the small painting by Schiele, which he gave to his son Robert Owen Lehman Jr. as a holiday gift.The Lehman family owned the painting until 2016, when it was gifted to the Robert Owen Lehman Foundation, which tried to auction the painting at Christie’s. Christie’s, suspecting it may be Nazi-looted art, notified the heirs of Mayländer and Rieger. The Lehman Foundation filed the lawsuit, and after discovery, the case went to trial and the three parties presented evidence and expert witnesses. (English)
    Commons category
    Robert Lehman
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    Identifiers

    RISM ID
    people/30030202
    subject named as
    Lehman, Robert (1892-1969)
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    retrieved
    13 June 2026
    FAST ID
    53571
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    NUKAT ID
    n01045130
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    Bibale ID
    53990
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    Freebase ID
    /m/08nllf
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    Met Constituent ID
    163270
    subject named as
    Robert Lehman
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    Prabook ID
    1045055
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    RKDartists ID
    348615
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    SNAC ARK ID
    w65b10f1
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