Beyeler, Ernst
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Name (Latin)
Beyeler, Ernst
Date of birth
1921-07-16
Date of death
2010-02-25
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- New York times WWW site, Mar. 1, 2010(in obituary published Feb. 26: Ernst Beyeler; b. July 16, 1921, Basel; d. Thursday [Feb. 25, 2010], Riehen, Switzerland, aged 88; one of the world's foremost dealers of modern art, who established a jewel-like small museum, the Fondation Beyeler, to display his private collection of important works by Monet, van Gogh, Picasso, Giacometti, and others)
- Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, 1984:p. 6 (Ernst Beyeler)
Wikipedia description:
Ernst Beyeler (16 July 1921 – 25 February 2010) was a Swiss art dealer and collector, who became "Europe’s pre-eminent dealer in modern art", according to The New York Times, and "the greatest art dealer since the war", according to The Daily Telegraph. In 1982, he and his wife founded the Beyeler Foundation to show his private collection, which on his death was valued at US$1.85 billion.
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