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John de Menil
John de Menil (January 4, 1904 — June 1, 1973) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and art patron.〔Helfenstein, Josef, and Laureen Schipsi. ''Art and Activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil''. Houston: The Menil Collection, 2010. ISBN 0-300-12377-9〕〔( "John de Menil, 69, a Patron of Art; Schlumberger Officer Dies--Financed Rothko Chapel," ) ''New York Times.'' June 2, 1973.〕 He was the founding president of the International Foundation for Art Research (( IFAR )) in New York.〔Glueck, Grace. ( "Art Group Is Set Up To Judge Attribution," ) ''New York Times.'' May 8, 1970.〕 With his wife, Dominique de Menil, he established the Menil Collection, a free museum designed by Renzo Piano and built in 1986 to preserve and protect their world-class contemporary art collection.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.archdaily.com/171974/ad-classics-menil-collection-renzo-piano/ )〕
==Life==
John de Menil was born Jean Marie Joseph Menu de Menil in Paris, France. He was the son of Baron Georges Auguste and Madeleine Rougier|Marie- Madeleine (Rougier) Menu de Menil.〔 He was born into a Catholic military family with a title bestowed by Napoleon.〔(John and Dominique de Menil in Depth )〕 In the 1920s, he earned a degree in political science from Sciences Po (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris) and a degree in law from the Faculté de droit de l’Université de Paris.〔
In 1930, Jean de Menil met French heiress Dominique Schlumberger, whom he married in 1931.〔John Russell, ( "Dominique de Menil, 89, Dies; Collector and Philanthropist," ) New York Times. January 1, 1998.〕 They had five children: Marie-Christophe (who was married to Robert Thurman and the grandmother of artist Dash Snow), Adelaide (a photographer who is married to anthropologist Edmund Snow Carpenter), George de Menil (an economist), Francois (a filmmaker and architect), and Philippa (co-founder of the Dia Art Foundation).〔Glueck, Grace. (“The de Menil Family: The Medici of Modern Art.” ) ''New York Times Magazine'', May 18, 1986: 28–46, 66, 106, 113.〕
In the early years of their marriage, he was a banker, serving as vice president of the ''Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l’Industrie'' in Paris from 1932 through 1938.〔 Following the outbreak of World War II and the Nazi occupation of France, the de Menils emigrated from Paris to the United States of America. They maintained residences in New York and France but settled in Houston, where Jean de Menil would eventually become president of Schlumberger Overseas (Middle and Far East) and Schlumberger Surenco (Latin America), two branches of the Houston-based oilfield services corporation.〔〔 He officially anglicized his name to John upon becoming a citizen of the United States in 1962.〔 John de Menil died on June 1, 1973.
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