CANTOR ARTS CENTER
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Stanford University and Museum in memory of becoming one of the world's leading exhibition sites for the works of Auguste Rodin
The Cantor Arts Center has its origins in a tragic story that befell one of the most powerful families of the 19th century in the United States. Lelan Stanford was a very wealthy industrialist who made his fortune by helping to build the transcontinental railroad. Married to Jane Lathrop, he became governor of California in 1861 and senator. Lelan DeWitt Stanford was the only child of this union. Passionate about archaeology and rare objects, his parents took him on a tour of Europe in 1884. The 16 year old teenager died of a fever he caught during this trip. His parents decided to open a university in his memory, Stanford, as well as a museum presenting wonders collected from all over the world. The museum opened in 1894. The death of Jane Stanford contributed to the decline of the institution, which even closed its doors at the end of the Second World War. But the real revival of the institution took place in 1985 when Albert Elsen and the collector B. Gerald Cantor opened the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden. The museum became one of the world's leading venues for the exhibition of Auguste Rodin's works. Today, it is one of the university's global showcases. In the fall of 2015, the Anderson Building opened to the public, featuring a collection of contemporary works dating from the post-World War II era, adding to the prestige of the institution with pieces by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko.
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