ABSTRACT
KAT H E R I N E S O P H I E D R E I E R ( 1 8 7 7 – 1 9 5 2 ) , Galka E. Scheyer (1889-1945), and Hilla Rebay (1890-1967): as artists, curators, dealers, and activists, these three women devoted themselves to the cause of modern – specifi cally abstract – art, thereby making a lasting impact on its appreciation and acceptance in the United States. In the course of their efforts, they assembled pre-eminent collections of classic modern art, which can be found today at Yale University in New Haven; the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, respectively. 1 Yet even in the recent past, the impact of these three transplanted Europeans has been largely overlooked.
