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155 Riverside Dr


  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Sometime after Robert's arrival, Julius moved his family to a spacious eleventh-floor apartment at 155 Riverside Drive, overlooking the Hudson River at West 88th Street. The apartment, occupying an entire floor, was exquisitely decorated with fine European furniture. Over the years, the Oppenheimers also acquired a remarkable collection of French Postimpressionist and Fauvist paintings chosen by Ella. By the time Robert was a young man, the collection included a 1901 "blue period" painting by Pablo Picasso entitled Mother and Child, a Rembrandt etching, and paintings by Edouard Vuillard, Andre Derain and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Three Vincent Van Gogh paintings - Enclosed Field with Rising Sun (Saint-Remy, 1889), First Steps (After Millet) (Saint-Remy, 1889) and Portrait of Adeline Ravoux (Auvers-sur-Oise, 1890) - dominated a living room wallpapered in gold gilt. Sometime later they acquired a drawing by Paul Cezanne and a painting by Maurice de Vlaminck. A head by the French sculptor Charles Despiau rounded out this exquisite collection.

155 Riverside Dr is a 1910 upscale New York City apartment building. In the early part of the 20th century, the entire 11th floor was the home of Oppenheimer family. The place was kept clean by three live-in maids, suitable for the Oppenheimer's art collection. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1910/00/00 155 Riverside Drive is built
1912/00/00 Robert Oppenheimer Home Oppenheimer family moves to 155 Riverside Dr
1912/00/00 Ella Oppenheimer Home Oppenheimer family moves to 155 Riverside Dr
1912/08/14 Frank Oppenheimer Home Frank Oppenheimer is born in New York City, his first home is at 155 Riverside Dr
1925/00/00 Pablo Picasso Painter Ella and Julius Oppenheimer buy Pablo Picasso's 1901 "Mother and Child"
1926/00/00 Ella Oppenheimer Owner Ella and Julius Oppenheimer pay $12,900 for Van Gogh's "First Steps (After Millet)". First Steps, after Millet (painting)

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Particulars for 155 Riverside Dr:
Building Type Apartment Building
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Multiple dwelling




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