Theodore Roosevelt's father significantly influenced him. His father was a prominent leader in New York's cultural affairs; he helped to found the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and had been especially active in mobilizing support for the Union during the Civil War, even though his in-laws included Confederate leaders.
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Notable collections of Rembrandt's paintings in the United States are housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Some of Pablo Picasso's works are stored in Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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For many years, Frank Lloyd Wright was a major presence in the Japanese art world, selling a great number of works to prominent collectors such as John Spaulding of Boston, and to prominent museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Sallet of Maximilian I, c. 1490–95, by Lorenz Helmschmid, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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