Sentence examples for prominent patron from inspiring English sources

But to be lured, he required some assurances about the intentions of his most prominent patron.

In time that party fell into the hands of Raymond Harding, a prominent patron of Rudolph W. Giuliani.

Sandra Helen Payson, a socially prominent patron of the arts, died on July 15 in Manhattan, where she was visiting.

Like many of them, Mr. Moueix was a prominent patron of the arts, supporting the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux and the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris.

At least one new owner, Mr. Hertog, is a prominent patron of conservative organizations, as chairman of the Manhattan Institute and a trustee of the American Enterprise Institute.

In his years as a prominent patron of the arts, Alberto W. Vilar sat in red velvet seats in the first row at the Metropolitan Opera, where he watched performances he had helped finance.

Fleischman was a successful dealer in American art from Detroit, and he and his wife were prominent patrons of the Met and other museums.

For all the challenges he faces among grass-roots conservatives, he has the backing of some of the Tea Party movement's most prominent patrons.

Heide House About 10 miles outside Melbourne is Heide, the former home of John and Sunday Reed, prominent patrons of the arts who often hosted working artists in the 1930s, '40s and '50s.

The series sold out instantly, and on the basis of its success, Arens rounded up a board of wealthy, socially prominent patrons to help run and underwrite the series, among them members of the Guggenheim, Vanderbilt, Frick and Roosevelt families.

TRUTANIC--Nina Bogdanovich, a prominent Californian patron of the arts and music, has died.