Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Her fourth marriage was to writer Wyatt Cooper, Anderson’s father, which lasted until his death in 1978. Watch more of The Jess Cagle Interview with Anderson Cooper ...

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When she was 10 years old, her name was printed in the newspapers due to a highly publicized custody battle between her mother and aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who was considered one of the ...

the sculptor and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Through her aunt’s influence she became interested in art and after finishing school she attended the Art Students League of New York.

"In 1931, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney created the Whitney Museum of American Art in a Greenwich Village brownstone and ran it with a narrow circle of family and friends. It was a downtown alternative ...