Curt Valentin

Curt Valentin (5 October 1902, Hamburg, Germany – 19 August 1954, Forte dei Marmi, Italy) was a German-Jewish art dealer known for handling modern art, particularly sculpture, and works classified as "degenerate" by the Nazi regime in pre-war Germany.

After 1927 Curt Valentin worked for Alfred Flechtheim in Berlin.[1] In 1934, he worked at Karl Buchholz Gallery, Hamburg. In 1937, he emigrated to America, and opened a modern art gallery, Bucholz gallery, in New York City.[2] He had permission to sell German art in America, from the Nazi authorities.[3][4] In 1951 the gallery was renamed the Curt Valentin Gallery. His gallery operated from 1951, until a year after his death in 1954, and handled works by many notable artists including Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Marino Marini, and Jacques Lipchitz.[5]

References
  1. Galerie Flechtheim The Frick Collection. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. Curt Valentin Gallery (New York, N.Y.) The Frick Collection. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. "Nazi Looted Art, Fernand Leger and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts". Blogger. 2 November 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. Fred Abrams (9 November 2008). "Mr. Curt Valentin's Nazi-Looted Art". Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. "Curt Valentin Papers in The Museum of Modern Art Archives". MOMA Publishing. 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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