Pierpont Morgan—the Gilded Age’s wolf of Wall Street—used some of his wealth to amass a vast collection of books and art. He ...
The museum complex, which spans half a city block in midtown Manhattan, was originally a series of private residences owned by John Piermont "JP" Morgan ... to his vast art collection.
Baker chose to honor his close friend John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), a philanthropist, art collector, and iconic figure in US business. Morgan began his career in 1857, working in international ...
Today, John Pierpont Morgan is remembered ... of majoring in a "useless" subject. J.P. Morgan himself studied the humanities, receiving a degree in art history from the University of Göttingen ...