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  1. Born
    Feb 2, 1861Philadelphia
    Died
    Nov 3, 1949New York City
    Early life, family and education

    Guggenheim was born in the Center City district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of German immigrant Barbara Meyer (1834–1900) and Swiss immigrant Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905), the owner of a Swiss embr… See more

    Career

    Back in the US, Solomon worked in the family mining business. In 1891, he turned around the Compañia de la Gran Fundición Nacional Mexicana (translation: Great National Foundry Company of Mexico). Guggenhei… See more

    Art collector

    Inspired by his wife Irene Rothschild, He began collecting works of the old masters in the 1890s. He retired from his business in 1919 to devote more time to art collecting and in 1926, met Baroness Hilla von Rebay. In 1930, the… See more

    Personal life and death

    Solomon Guggenheim married Irene Rothschild, daughter of Victor Henry Rothschild, in 1895. These Rothschilds were not related to the Rothschild banking family. Solomon and Irene's children were Eleanor Ma… See more

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