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2. Norton Winfred Simon (February 5, 1907 – June 2, 1993) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was at one time one of the wealthiest men in America. [1] At the time of his death, he had amassed a net worth of nearly US$10 billion .
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Over a 30-year period, the industrialist Norton Simon (1907–1993) amassed an impressive group of European masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th century, and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years.
Norton Simon’s accomplishments as an art collector equaled his extraordinary achievements in business. Over a period of about 30 years, he amassed what is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest private art collections. His interest in art began in the 1950s with the works of Degas, Renoir, Gauguin and Cézanne.
Jun 4, 1993 · Norton Simon, the restless California industrialist who parlayed a bankrupt orange-juice bottling plant into a billion-dollar conglomerate and spent more than $100 million putting together one...
By that time industrialist Norton Simon, who had risen to become one of the pre-eminent art collectors in the world during the 1960s, was searching for a permanent location for his growing collection of over 4,000 objects. He was first approached for financial assistance in 1971 by trustees of the museum.
Norton Simon’s interest in collecting art began in the 1950s with the works of Degas, Renoir, Gauguin and Cézanne. In the 1960s he shaped a major art collection of Old Master, Impressionist and Modern works, and this expanded in the 1970s to include Indian and Southeast Asian art.
