Dominique de Menil

Dominique de Menil
Dominique de Menil
Born
Dominique Isaline Zelia Henriette Clarisse Schlumberger

(1908-03-23)March 23, 1908
Paris, France
DiedDecember 31, 1997(1997-12-31) (aged 89)
Houston, Texas
Spouse
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(m. 1931; died 1973)​
Children5 (including George de Menil and Philippa de Menil)

Dominique de Menil (née Schlumberger; March 23, 1908 – December 31, 1997) was a French-American art collector, philanthropist, founder of the Menil Collection and an heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oil-equipment fortune.[1] She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1986.[2]

  1. ^ Helfenstein, Josef, and Laureen Schipsi. Art and Activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil. Houston: The Menil Collection, 2010. ISBN 0-300-12377-9
  2. ^ Lifetime Honors - National Medal of Arts Archived May 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 17, 2010.