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Louise Crane (November 11, 1913 – October 20, 1997), a prominent American philanthropist. Crane was a friend to some of New York City’s leading literary figures, including Tennessee Williams and Marianne Moore.

Crane's father Winthrop Murray Crane was an American millionaire and former governor of Massachusetts. Her mother was Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) co-founder Josephine Porter Boardman. Louise smoothly moved into the role of patron of the arts. She was a prominent supporter of jazz and orchestral music, initiating a series of "coffee concerts" at MoMA and commissioning a vocal and orchestral work by Lukas Foss. She represented musicians, including Mary Lou Williams. Crane collaborated also with her mother in sponsoring musical works.^[2]

Crane met Elizabeth Bishop while classmates together at Vassar in 1930. The pair traveled extensively in Europe and bought a house together in 1937 in Key West, Florida. While Bishop lived in Key West, Crane occasionally returned to New York. Crane developed a passionate interest in Billie Holiday in 1941.

Crane published Ibérica, a Spanish-language review, with her partner, Victoria Kent, from 1954 to 1974. Ibérica featured news for the expatriate Spanish community in the United States. Kent was a prominent member of the Spanish Republican party, opposed to Franco. Many prominent writers, including Salvador Madariaga, contributed to Ibérica.

Following her mother's death in 1972, Crane and Kent lived together in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Redding, Connecticut. Crane was the executor of Marianne Moore's estate after her death in 1972.

Crane lived for years in an 18-room apartment on the fourth floor of the 820 Fifth Avenue building, a luxury cooperative in Manhattan, New York City. Located at the northeast corner of East 63rd Street on the Upper East Side, the 12 story limestone-clad was designed in the neo-Italian Renaissance palazzo style by Starrett & van Vleck, and was built by Fred T. Ley in 1916. The fourth floor is one of only a few units in the building which have changed hands multiple times in the last 10 or 20 years. After Crane’s death in 1997, the apartment was sold to Tommy Hilfiger for around $10,000,000.^[2]

Crane and Kent are buried alongside each other at Umpawaug Cemetery, Redding, Connecticut.

References

Notes

^ "Louise Crane and Victoria Kent papers". Yale University Library. 1999. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Guide to the Louise Crane and Victoria Kent Papers YCAL MSS 473"

Sources

Chester Page collection, the bulk of which is correspondence between Crane and Djuna Barnes.
Roman, Camille, Elizabeth Bishop's World War II-Cold War View, New York: Palgrave, 2001. ISBN 0-312-23078-8
Guardia, Carmen de la, Victoria Kent y Louise Crane en Nueva York. Un exilio compartido, Madrid, Sílex, 2016 ISBN 978-84-7737-618-7

External links

Louise Crane and Victoria Kent Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

[1] "Louise Crane and Victoria Kent papers". Yale University Library. 1999. Retrieved March 27, 2017.

[:0-2] "Guide to the Louise Crane and Victoria Kent Papers YCAL MSS 473"

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+{{For|the Northern Irish singer and songwriter|Louise Patricia Crane}}
-'''Louise Crane''' (1913–1997), a prominent American philanthropist. Crane was a friend to some of [[New York City]]’s leading literary figures, including [[Tennessee Williams]] and [[Marianne Moore]].
+'''Louise Crane''' (November 11, 1913 – October 20, 1997), a prominent American philanthropist. Crane was a friend to some of [[New York City]]’s leading literary figures, including [[Tennessee Williams]] and [[Marianne Moore]].
+[[File:Driftwood, Woods Hole, MA.jpg|thumb|left|267px|"The Long House", [[Woods Hole, Massachusetts]], one of the residences of Crane and [[Victoria Kent]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:cranel&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes|title=Louise Crane and Victoria Kent papers | year=1999 |website=Yale University Library |accessdate=March 27, 2017}}</ref>]]
-Crane's father was [[Winthrop Murray Crane]], an American millionaire and former governor of [[Massachusetts]]. Her mother was [[Museum of Modern Art]] (MoMA) co-founder [[Josephine Porter Boardman]]. Louise smoothly moved into the role of patron of the arts. She was a prominent supporter of jazz and orchestral music, initiating a series of "coffee concerts" at MoMA and commissioning a vocal and orchestral work by [[Lukas Foss]]. She even worked representing musicians, including [[Mary Lou Williams]].
+Crane's father [[Winthrop Murray Crane]] was an American millionaire and former governor of [[Massachusetts]]. Her mother was [[Museum of Modern Art]] (MoMA) co-founder [[Josephine Porter Boardman]]. Louise smoothly moved into the role of patron of the arts. She was a prominent supporter of jazz and orchestral music, initiating a series of "coffee concerts" at MoMA and commissioning a vocal and orchestral work by [[Lukas Foss]]. She represented musicians, including [[Mary Lou Williams]]. Crane collaborated also with her mother in sponsoring musical works.<ref name=":0" />
 Crane met [[Elizabeth Bishop]] while classmates together at [[Vassar College|Vassar]] in 1930. The pair traveled extensively in Europe and bought a house together in 1937 in [[Key West, Florida]]. While Bishop lived in Key West, Crane occasionally returned to New York. Crane developed a passionate interest in [[Billie Holiday]] in 1941.
+[[File:820 Fifth Avenue.jpg|thumb|upright|820 Fifth Avenue, Crane lived here in a luxury co-op for many years]]
-Crane published ''Ibérica'', a Spanish-language review, with her companion, [[Victoria Kent]], from 1954 to 1974. ''Ibérica'' featured news for Spanish people exiled in the United States. Kent was a prominent member of the Spanish Republican party, opposed to Franco. Many prominent writers, including [[Salvador Madariaga]], contributed to ''Ibérica''. Louise Crane and her mother were sponsors of [[Virgil Thomson]]'s opera ''[[Four Saints in Three Acts]]'', among other works.<ref>Page, Chester. ''Memoirs of a Charmed Life in New York''. iUniverse, Inc. (2007).</ref>
+Crane published ''Ibérica'', a Spanish-language review, with her partner, [[Victoria Kent]], from 1954 to 1974. ''Ibérica'' featured news for the expatriate Spanish community in the United States. Kent was a prominent member of the Spanish Republican party, opposed to Franco. Many prominent writers, including [[Salvador Madariaga]], contributed to ''Ibérica''.
-Following Josephine Boardman Crane’s death in 1972, Kent and Crane lived together in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Redding, Connecticut [[File:Driftwood, Woods Hole, MA.jpg|thumb|Driftwood, Woods Hole, MA]].
-Crane was the executor of [[Marianne Moore|Marianne Moore's]] estate after her death in 1972.
+Following her mother's death in 1972, Crane and Kent lived together in [[Woods Hole, Massachusetts]], and [[Redding, Connecticut]]. Crane was the executor of [[Marianne Moore|Marianne Moore's]] estate after her death in 1972.
+Crane lived for years in an 18-room apartment on the fourth floor of the 820 Fifth Avenue building, a luxury cooperative in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. Located at the northeast corner of East 63rd Street on the Upper East Side, the 12 story limestone-clad was designed in the [[Italian Renaissance Revival architecture|neo-Italian Renaissance palazzo style]] by [[Starrett & van Vleck]], and was built by Fred T. Ley in 1916. The fourth floor is one of only a few units in the building which have changed hands multiple times in the last 10 or 20 years. After Crane’s death in 1997, the apartment was sold to [[Tommy Hilfiger]] for around $10,000,000.<ref name=":0">[http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:cranel&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes "Guide to the Louise Crane and Victoria Kent Papers YCAL MSS 473"]</ref>
+Crane and Kent are buried alongside each other at Umpawaug Cemetery, [[Redding, Connecticut]].
 ==References==
+'''Notes'''
+{{Reflist}}
+{{more footnotes|date=March 2017}}
+'''Sources'''
 * [http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1542 Chester Page collection], the bulk of which is correspondence between Crane and [[Djuna Barnes]].
-* Roman, Camille, ''Elizabeth Bishop's World War II-Cold War View'', New York: Palgrave, 2001. ISBN 0-312-23078-8
+* Roman, Camille, ''Elizabeth Bishop's World War II-Cold War View'', New York: Palgrave, 2001. {{ISBN|0-312-23078-8}}
+* Guardia, Carmen de la, Victoria Kent y Louise Crane en Nueva York. Un exilio compartido, Madrid, Sílex, 2016 {{ISBN|978-84-7737-618-7}}
-<references />
+== External links ==
+* [[hdl:10079/fa/beinecke.cranel|Louise Crane and Victoria Kent Papers]]. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
+{{Authority control}}
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 [[Category:Vassar College alumni]]
-[[Category:Patrons of music]]
+[[Category:American patrons of music]]
-[[Category:Patrons of literature]]
+[[Category:American patrons of literature]]
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 [[Category:1997 deaths]]
+[[Category:Crane family]]
+[[Category:20th-century American LGBT people]]

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