Frances Lasker Brody

Frances Lasker Brody, was an American arts advocate, collector and philanthropist who influenced the development of Los Angeles cultural life as a founding benefactor of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and later as a guiding patron of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Gardens.

Brody was born May 27, 1916, in Chicago to Flora and Albert Lasker, who built the advertising firm of Lord amp Thomas. Albert Lasker was known in the advertising world for campaigns that popularized Kleenex tissues, Lucky Strike cigarettes and Sunkist orange juice. She studied political science, English and history at Vassar College, where she graduated in 1937.

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