Abstract

 
 
 
 Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955), the museum-builder and founderoftheHispanicSocietyofAmericainNewYork,hadalesser known complementary dimension as a cultural bridges-builder between Spain and the United States in moments of conflict and diplomatic tension. With an approach based on his social relations rather than on his artistic collections, this article offers an alternative reading in which Huntington emerges as a friendly figure in bilateral relations who did not passively accept the status quo and who, from the standpoint of culture, contributed to modifying the image of Spain that prevailed in the United States.
 
 
 
Highlights
As it is hard to see the forest for the trees,it seems hard to envisage more than an exquisite art collector in Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), the founder of The Hispanic Society of America
The collections he amassed in the museum he founded in New York in 1904
His designs plastically constructed a multicultural hemispheric identity and a common past that united all American communities (Serviddio). Huntington did not participate directly in these decisions, this circumstance allowed him to demonstrate his patriotism at the beginning of World War II and allowed him to maintain his independence for the Spanish legacy at the Hispanic Society of America in New York
Summary
As it is hard to see the forest for the trees,it seems hard to envisage more than an exquisite art collector in Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), the founder of The Hispanic Society of America. The collections he amassed in the museum he founded in New York in 1904
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