Victoria p sant biography

Biographical Information

Victoria Sant "and her husband Roger have been members of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art since and the Collectors Committee since She served as chairman of the Trustees' Council from to She is the immediate past chairman of The Phillips Collection, where she also served as president for three years.

Her interest in art began at Stanford University, where she took art history courses and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in history and literature. She also did graduate work in speech pathology and audiology. About twelve years ago, she and her husband began collecting art with a focus on the Nabis, including such painters as Édouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, and Maurice Denis.

In the Sants provided funds to the National Gallery to establish an acquisition fund for 19th-century paintings.

"The Sants moved from Palo Alto, California, to Washington, D.C., in , when Roger Sant was appointed to the Federal Energy Administration.