Heinz Berggruen

Heinz Berggruen
Heinz Berggruen photographed by Oliver Mark in front of Pablo Picasso's Dora Maar with green nails from 1936 (Berlin 2000)
Born
Heinz Berggruen

(1914-01-06)January 6, 1914
DiedFebruary 6, 2007(2007-02-06) (aged 93)
Nationality
  • United States
  • Germany
Occupation(s)Art dealer and collector
Known forProviding art collection to form Berggruen Museum
Spouses
Lillian S. Zellerbach
(m. 1939; div. 1945)
(m. 1960)
Children

Heinz Berggruen (January 6, 1914 – February 23, 2007) was a German and American[1][2] art dealer and collector who sold 165 works of art to the German federal government to form the core of the Berggruen Museum[3] in Berlin, Germany. He was the father of John, Olivier and Nicolas Berggruen.

  1. ^ Naturalized in 1941 https://www.parlament-berlin.de/Das-Haus/Berliner-Ehrenbuerger/heinz-berggruen
  2. ^ United States Naturalization Records
  3. ^ "Berggruen Museum". Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2007.