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Isabella Stewart Gardner (April 14, 1840 – July 17, 1924), the founder of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, was a leading American art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Isabella Stewart Gardner had a zest for life, an energetic intellectual curiosity and a love of travel. She was a friend of noted artists and writers of the day, including John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Dennis Miller Bunker, Anders Zorn, Henry James, Okakura Kakuzo and Francis Marion Crawford. The Boston society pages called her by many names, including "Belle," "Donna Isabella," "Isabella of Boston," and "Mrs. Jack." Gardner created much fodder for the gossip tabloids of the day with her reputation for stylish tastes and unconventional behavior. Her surprising appearance at a 1912 concert (at what was then a very formal Boston Symphony Orchestra) wearing a white headband emblazoned with "Oh, you Red Sox" was reported at the time to have "almost caused a panic", and remains still in Boston one of the most talked about of her eccentricities. ==Biography== Isabella Stewart, daughter of David Stewart and Adelia Smith, was born in New York City on April 14, 1840. Her Stewart ancestry, by tradition, has a descent from King Fergus.〔Gardner, Frank A MD () ''Gardner Memorial : Biographical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Thomas Gardner, Planter of Cape Ann, 1624, Salem, 1626–74, Through His Son Lieut. George Gardner'' (ISBN 0-7404-2590-0, ISBN 978-0-7404-2590-5 )〕 Isabella married John Lowell "Jack" Gardner, son of John L. and Catharine E. (Peabody) Gardner of Boston, Massachusetts, on April 10, 1860, in New York City and thereafter moved to Boston.〔Louise Hall Tharp, "Mrs. Jack", Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 1965〕 Jack and Isabella had one son, John Lowell 3rd, who was born June 18, 1863. He died March 15, 1865. After his death, the couple was extremely distraught and started to travel and collect.〔 However, Jack's brother, Joseph P. Gardner, died in 1875, leaving three young sons. Jack and Isabella 'adopted' and raised the boys. Augustus P. Gardner was 10 years old at the time. Isabella's biographer, Morris Carter, wrote that "in her duty to these boys, she was faithful and conscientious."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isabella Stewart Gardner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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