Mary Quinn Sullivan

Mary Quinn Sullivan (November 24, 1877 – December 5, 1939) was born Mary Josephine Quinn in Indianapolis, Indiana to Thomas F. Quinn and Anne E. Gleason Quinn; she was a pioneer modern art collector and one of the founding trustees of the Museum of Modern Art.

Read more about Mary Quinn Sullivan:  Education, Teaching and Marriage, The Museum of Modern Art, A Collection Dispersed

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