Home - Robert Lehman Foundation Home GIOVANNI DI PAOLO THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND THE EXPULSION FROM PARADISE 1445 Buffalo AKG Art Museum HOW HIGH THE MOON STANLEY WHITNEY INSTALLATION 2024 JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres JosephineEleonoreMariePauline de Galard de Brassac de Bearn 18251860 Princesse de Broglie 185153 GEORGIA OKEEFFE The Museum of Modern Art 2023 REMBRANDT REMBRANDT VAN RIJN THE LAST SUPPER AFTER LEONARDO DA VINCI 164335 DENVER ART MUSEUM JORDAN CASTEEL RETURNING THE GAZE INSTALLATION 2019 AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM UNNAMED FIGURES BLACK ABSENCE AND PRESENCE IN THE EARLY AMERICAN NORTH 2023 AUGUSTE RENOIR FIGURES ON THE BEACH 1890 OILONCANVAS The Foundations goal is to further Robert Lehmans charitable vision supporting the visual arts in ways to enhance the appreciation knowledge and enjoyment of this vital aspect of our culture What We Support History of the Foundation At Robert Lehmans death in 1969 his exemplary collection of western European art was left to the Robert Lehman Foundation with the express wish to transfer it to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The gift was made with the understanding that the collection would be shown in dedicated galleries designed to evoke the ambiance and wideranging richness of the collection. Robert Lehman had a longstanding affiliation with The Metropolitan Museum of Art serving as a trustee and ultimately Chairman of the Board. On January 30 1970 his collection of more than 2600 works of art paintings drawings manuscripts majolica frames textiles and European decorative arts dating from the early Renaissance to the twentieth century was moved to The Metropolitan Museum of Art where it is housed today.