Matthiesen Gallery

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Gustave Courbet, Femme au hamac tenant son enfant, c.1848. 32 x 40.5 cm. Matthiesen Gallery. Gustave Courbet .jpg
Gustave Courbet, Femme au hamac tenant son enfant, c.1848. 32 x 40.5 cm. Matthiesen Gallery.

The Matthiesen Gallery is an art gallery in St James's, London, England, founded in 1978 by Patrick Matthiesen, son of Francis Matthiesen, an art dealer of Berlin and London. [1] [2] It operates as both a commercial gallery and an art museum.

The gallery is located at 7-8 Mason Yard, Duke Street St James's.

An earlier Matthiesen Gallery was operated by Francis, first in Berlin, then in London, after he fled Nazi Germany. [2]

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References

  1. "The Matthiesen Gallery". Artnet . Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 "That Cézanne Is Mine, Suit Claims". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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