Arts Supporter Lloyd E. Rigler, 88, Dies
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Friday, October 17, 2025


Arts Supporter Lloyd E. Rigler, 88, Dies



LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.- Lloyd E. Rigler, 88, an investor and arts supporter, died at his home in Los Angeles. He was president of the Rigler-Deutsch Foundation and vice chairman of the New York City Opera.

He founded of Classic Arts Showcase and of the American Association for Single People. He began the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation. With his partner Lawrence E. Deutsch. This foundation helped the creation of the Los Angeles Music Center and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

Lloyd E. Rigler made significant contributions to the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts and the refurbishing of Carnegie Hall.

A native of North Dakota, Lloyd E. Rigler grew up working in his family’s General Merchandise Store. Before developing a lucrative career in food brokerage, the enterprising young Rigler took a variety of positions in sales and marketing, including: Market Researcher and Waring Blender salesman; the RCA Head of Guest Relations at their TV exhibit at the Worlds Fair Century of Progress; L.A. Salesman for Decca Records; Agent for Motion Pictures (working with Charles Wendling who represented his sister Claudette Colbert); and finally a plastic rice bowl exporter.

In 1948, Rigler and partner Lawrence Deutsch bought the name and recipe for Adolph’s Meat Tenderizer from a Santa Barbara restaurant owner and turned it into a sensation all over the world.

In the early 1950’s, Rigler & Deutsch created a foundation which grew with their annual contributions and those of their company. When they sold Adolph’s in 1974 to Chesebrough Ponds, they concentrated on philanthropy with an emphasis on the arts. They were instrumental in getting the newly founded Los Angeles Opera, of which Deutsch was president, to bring the New York City Opera to the Music Center.

Following Deutsch’s death in 1977, Rigler honored his friend and business partner (an avid record collector), by underwriting a project which came to be known as the Rigler & Deutsch Index of Recorded Sound. Rigler’s efforts put the sound recording holdings (from the first Edison disk onward) of five archives, including the Library of Congress, on tape (now on CD Rom) so that they would be available to the public. Many of the current re-releases of recordings on CD owe their discovery to this project.

Rigler developed the CLASSIC ARTS SHOWCASE, a 24-hour, non-commercial arts network, with 3-5 minute clips provided without charge by the record companies with waivers from unions. It is available unscrambled and free to anyone who carries it without advertising as a National Audience Development Program for the Arts. It was launched May 3, 1994 and today is in over 38 million cable subscriber homes.











Today's News

October 17, 2025

Sungari Hong Kong 2025 Autumn Auctions achieve impressive results

Highest total for a Frieze Week Evening Sale for Christie's in 7 years $142,852,334

Maud Lewis paintings and Canadiana drive Miller & Miller auctions to $866,061 gross

Tate acquires new works for the national collection at Frieze London and Frieze Masters

UK's best new building - Appleby Blue Almshouse wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 for architecture

Cristina Iglesias makes Hauser & Wirth debut with lunar meteorite bronzes and immersive water flows

Rijksmuseum opens major immersive exhibition on Dutch home life in the 17th century

Daniel Buren transforms space and viewer with mirror, stripes, and high reliefs

Rebecca L. Rutherfurd named Chief Advancement Officer at the Morgan Library & Museum

Hayward Gallery launches monumental new sculptural commission from Teresa Solar Abboud

First exhibition in more than 100 years dedicated to Renoir's drawings opens at The Morgan

Six decades of Genius: Fondation Louis Vuitton hosts monumental Gerhard Richter exhibition

Hershey auction totals $13.79 million and a 97% sell-through rate

Tailored for Speed proves to be a spectacular success, with a 100% sell through and grossing a remarkable CHF 70 million

Clare Grill unveils 'Parlance': A new body of work steeped in layers and private codes

The world's leading award for photography and sustainability travels to Dubai

Amos Rex recruits for two curatorial positions

Artes Mundi presents eleventh edition

Cyprien Gaillard floods Haus der Kunst with Wassermusik and psychedelic stereoscopic film

Perrotin returns to Art Taipei with postwar masters and contemporary superstars

Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius presents Bells and Cannons: Contemporary Art in the Face of Militarisation

Christie's presents Jewels Online

National Gallery unveils 2026 artistic program

Frank Frazetta's 'A Princess of Mars' leads Heritage's November 4 Illustration Art Auction




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



The OnlineCasinosSpelen editors have years of experience with everything related to online gambling providers and reliable online casinos Nederland. If you have any questions about casino bonuses and, please contact the team directly.


Truck Accident Attorneys

sports betting sites not on GamStop



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)


Editor: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez


Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
       
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful