GuggenheimMuseum1929–30Atagesixty-six,thewealthyAmericanindustrialistSolomonR
GuggenheimbeginstoformalargecollectionofimportantmodernpaintingsbyartistssuchasVasilyKandinsky,PaulKlee,andMarcChagall
HeisguidedinthispursuitbyayoungGermanartistandtheorist,HillaRebay(bornBaronessHillaRebayvonEhrenwiesen)
InJuly1930,RebaybringsGuggenheimtoVasilyKandinsky'sDessaustudio,andGuggenheimpurchasesseveraloftheartist’spaintingsandworksonpaper;hewilleventuallyacquiremorethan150worksbyKandinsky
1930sGuggenheim'sgrowingcollectionisinstalledinhisprivateapartmentatthePlazaHotelinNewYork
Smallexhibitionsofnewlyacquiredworksareheldthereintermittentlyforthepublic
RebayorganizesalandmarkloanexhibitionentitledSolomonR
GuggenheimCollectionofNon-ObjectivePaintings,whichtravelstoCharleston,SouthCarolina;Phi