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Professor of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. Buchthal was born to Eugen Buchthal (1878-1954) and Thea Wolff (Buchthal) (1886-1968), wealthy shop owners. The family lived in the "Villa Buchthal" on Berlin's west end (after the war, the home of tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, b. 1925) (English)
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Eugen Buchthal was also a passionate collector of contemporary art. His collection included, for example, works by Otto Müller, Emil Nolde, Lyonel Feininger, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and Franz Marc, many of which had been purchased directly from the artists. (English)
Lost Art-Datenbank Meldung/Suche Buchthal, Eugen Moritz und Therese (Thea) Privatperson Objektgruppen Objektgruppen 1Grafik (123 Objekte ) 2 Malerei (12 Objekte ) 3 Plastik / Skulptur (6 Objekte ) (German)
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Sammlung Eugen Buchthal, Berlin - Juli/August 1937; Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin Juli/August 1937 (nicht verkauft, zurück) - 04.05.1938; Sammlung Eugen Buchthal, 04.05.1938 - [...]; Buchholz Gallery, New York; Sammlung Clara Hoover, New York 15.06.1955 - 1988; Geschenk Clara Hoover Trust - 1998; Art Institute Chicago, 1998 (German)
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Sammlung Eugen Buchthal, Berlin; […] Entzug durch nationalsozialistische Verfolgung nicht auszuschließen; Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf 1953; Privatsammlung Rheinland; Sammlung Kurt Osper, Köln 1990 - 1994; unbekannte Auktion, Berlin 30.05.1991, Lot 19; Auktion Ketterer, Datum unbekannt (German)
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Eugen Buchthal and his family were persecuted by the National Socialists because they were Jewish. The eldest son Hugo, who had studied under Panofsky, emigrated in 1934 to London, where he worked at the Warburg Library, followed by the daughter Anne Gerda in April 1936 and, later, the youngest son, Wolfgang. In May 1936, Buchthal sold the family residence at 22 Lindenallee, but continued to live there until he emigrated. He had already delivered a large number of graphic works from his art collection to Galerie Nierendorf in the January of that year. Some of them were acquired in the same month by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. In 1938, Buchthal and his wife finally emigrated to London, where he died in 1954. (English)
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Eugen Moritz Buchthal (1878–1954) was an enthusiastic collector of contemporary art. As Jews, he and his family were persecuted by the National Socialists and successively emigrated to London in the years 1934 to 1938. In 1936 Buchthal consigned numerous graphic works from his collection to the Nierendorf Gallery in Berlin, some of which were acquired by the Kupferstichkabinett. These have now been returned.The Stiftung has bought back the etching "Houses on Fehmarn with Large Tree" (1908) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner for the Staatliche Museen’s Kupferstichkabinett. (English)