The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Profil

John Ringling, one of the five original circus kings of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , was blessed with entrepreneurial genius and through his success with the circus and other investments, became quite wealthy. In 1911, John (1866-1936) and his wife, Mable (1875-1929) purchased 20 acres of waterfront property in Sarasota, Florida.   In 1912 the couple began spending winters in Sarasota and later decided to build a home there. Their property included a house built by one of Buffalo Bill's circus managers, Charles Thompson. The Ringlings dreamed of helping Sarasota develop into a metropolitan boom town and they became involved in the community, bought real estate, and eventually owned approximately 25 percent of Sarasota's total area.

Künstler der Galerie bzw der Sammlung

Richard Anuszkiewicz     Thomas Hart Benton     John Chamberlain     Marcel Duchamp     Jimmy Ernst     Marsden Hartley     Barbara Kruger

Robert Rauschenberg     Haim Steinbach     Frank Stella     Thomas Struth     Yves Tanguy