Peggy Guggenheim's Death
Born (Birthday) August 26, 1898
Death Date December 23, 1979
Age of Death 81 years
Cause of Death Stroke
Place of Death Camposampiero, Italy
Place of Burial Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Profession Entrepreneur
The entrepreneur Peggy Guggenheim died at the age of 81. Here is all you want to know and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Art collector and wealthy socialite whose famous collection contains works of Cubism and Surrealism.
She opened the first gallery of her collected modern artwork in London in 1938. Her famous gallery, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, was later established in Venice, Italy.
Her patronage launched the careers of renowned artists such as Jackson Pollock and William Congdon.
How did Peggy Guggenheim die?
Guggenheim lived in Venice until her death in Camposampiero near Padua, Italy, after a stroke. Her ashes are interred in the garden (later the Nasher Sculpture Garden) of her home, the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni (inside the Peggy Guggenheim Collection), next to her dogs.