Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

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Founded by art collector and fashion designer Larry Aldrich in 1964, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is one of the oldest contemporary art museums in the United States. The Museum is one of the few independent, non-collecting institutions in the country and the only museum in Connecticut solely dedicated to the presentation of contemporary art. Larry Aldrich (1906–2001) was an American fashion designer, art collector, and founder of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Born with the surname Orlevitch to Russian Jews who immigrated to New York in 1897, he was set to study law at Columbia University but withdrew to pursue a career in fashion when he found success as a dress seller. In advance of his first presentation he changed his name and debuted an eponymous label on March 13, 1927.

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