Staempfli Gallery (New York, N.Y.)

Staempfli Gallery (est. 1959-1988) was an art gallery in New York, N.Y. founded by George Staempfli and specializing in modern art by European and American artists. George William Staempfli (1910-1999) was born in Bern, Switzerland, and moved to the United States in 1935. He worked at M. Knoedler & Company and was curator of paintings the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston from 1954 to 1956. He founded Staempfli Gallery in 1959 and exhibited the work of a variety of artists. Phillip A. Bruno served as co-director for over twenty years, until the gallery officially closed in 1988. George Staempfli retired to Annapolis, Maryland, in 1992, and lived there until his death in 1999.

From the guide to the Staempfli Gallery records, 1958-1992, (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)

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