My wife, Linda Tanner, who has died aged 84, was a figure in the art world of 1960s New York and later a patron of the arts in London. A trained art historian, she once declared, when visiting the Frick Gallery, “If that’s a Duccio, I’ll eat my hat!”. Two weeks later the painting was removed from display, and she kept her headgear.
Linda was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Rhita Loveman and Harry Perlman, who was a fashion salesman. She won a scholarship to Vassar College in New York, where she studied art history.
