Anton Zwemmer

Anton Zwemmer (1892–1979) was a Dutch-born British bookseller, book distributor, art dealer, publisher and collector[1][2] who founded Zwemmer's Bookshop and the Zwemmer Gallery in London.[3][4] He was a "friend and patron of many leading artists", from Picasso to Henry Moore and Wyndham Lewis,[5][6][7] and he played "an important role in spreading knowledge and appreciation of modern art" in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s.[8][9]

  1. ^ Anton Zwemmer, modernistarchives.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ Chloe Rendall, Zwemmer's Archived 2 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine, modernistarchives.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. ^ Zwemmer Gallery, artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. ^ Jane Carlin, "Anton Zwemmer: London's Bookseller and Publisher for the Arts", in: Book Club of Washington Journal, Fall 2012, Vol. 12, No. 2. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. ^ Nigel Vaux Halliday, More Than a Bookshop: Zwemmers and Art in the Twentieth Century, London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1991, publisher description.
  6. ^ "Anton Zwemmer's Anniversary", The Times, 3 March 1962.
  7. ^ Frances Spalding, "Time of yer life", The Observer, 5 January 1992, p. 42.
  8. ^ "Anton Zwemmer", in: Ian Chilvers and John Glaves-Smith, eds., A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Oxford University Press, 2015 (online edition). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  9. ^ Anna Jozefacka, Zwemmer, Gallery, London, 1929–1968 (Index of Historic Collectors and Dealers of Cubism), metmuseum.org. Retrieved 20 February 2021.