Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
de Menil, John
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- de Menil, John, 1904-1973
Other form(s) of name
- John de Menil
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1904-1973
History
John de Menil (husband of Dominique de Menil) writes from Houston, Texas. A prominent oil family, the de Menils collected one of the largest and most important American collections of art. They also devoted much of their later lives to ecumenism. The Menil Collection and the Rothko Chapel are testaments to their legacy in the arts and in ecumenism.