: When a young New Yorker followed his fancy to Paris in the 1920s,
he laid the foundation for both a remarkable collection of art
and an equally remarkable business career, each a product of his
exceptionally discerning eye and keen mind. It proved to be the
beginning of the formation of a true Renaissance man.
That young man was Roy R. Neuberger, who today, some 80-plus
years later, is looking forward to celebrating his 102nd birthday
and has had the prestigious Neuberger Museum built in his honor.
Antiques and The Arts Weekly caught up with him recently,
spending an informative afternoon in his comfortable Manhattan
apartment overlooking Central Park, chatting extensively about
his extraordinary collection and his bullish life on Wall Street.
Neuberger set sail from New York in 1924, a few weeks shy of his
21st birthday. Profoundly influenced by John Galsworthy's The
Forsyte Saga, he had decided that European study would be a
fine substitute for a college education. He was correct.
