Helene Wurlitzer age 87, 1961, photo by Kazik Pazovski in Taos
Born
December 15, 1874
Salt Lake City, Utah
Died
December 23, 1963
Taos, New Mexico
Occupation(s)
Art patron; philanthropist
Spouse
Howard Eugene Wurlitzer (m. 1895-1928)
Children
3 (Raimund, Louise, Valeska)
Helene Valeska Billing Wurlitzer (1874–1963) was notable for her philanthropy in the arts in both Ohio and New Mexico. Helene was born in Salt Lake City to German immigrant Gustav Billing (1840-1890) and Henriette Schneider Billing (1849-1939), a Cincinnati physician’s daughter. Helene’s parents were in Utah establishing a mining smelter funded by Ohio investors. She was the first of two children; her sister being born in 1888.[1]
^Skolle, John (1959). The Lady of the Casa: the Biography of Helene V. B. Wurlitzer. Snite Museum of Art, Univ. of Notre Dame.
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