Helene Kr%C3%B6ller M%C3%BCller

Helene KrllerMller, was one of the first European women to put together a major art collection and credited as being one of the first collectors to recognise the genius of Vincent van Gogh. She donated her entire collection to the Dutch people, along with her and her husband, Anton Mllers large forested country estate and iconic hunting lodge, today the famous KrllerMller Museum and sculpture garden and Hoge Veluwe National Park, the largest national park in the Netherlands.

She was born Helene Emma Laura Juliane Mller at EssenHorst160 , Essen, Germany, into a wealthy industrialist family. Her father, Wilhelm Mller, owned Wm. H. Mller amp Co., a prosperous supplier of raw materials to the mining and steel industries. She married Dutch shipping and mining tycoon Anton Krller in 1888 and used both surnames in accordance with Dutch tradition.

Source: Wikipedia