Viola Spiess Flannery

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Viola Spiess Flannery

American socialite

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Elie Nadelman
In 1919 Nadelman married Viola Spiess Flannery, a wealthy socialite, and the couple, folk-art enthusiasts, opened the Museum of Folk and Peasant Art (later called the Museum of Folk Arts) in Riverdale, New York, in 1926. During the Great Depression, however, the Nadelmans lost their wealth and were forced…
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In 1919 Nadelman married Viola Spiess Flannery, a wealthy socialite, and the couple, folk-art enthusiasts, opened the Museum of Folk and Peasant Art (later called the Museum of Folk Arts) in Riverdale, New York, in 1926. During the Great Depression, however, the Nadelmans lost their wealth and were forced…
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