Neuberger: A Love Affair with Twentieth Century Art

PURCHASE, N.Y.

: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.