Scheyer, Galka E.

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Dates:
Active 1916
Active 1990

Biographical notes:

Art collector, dealer; b. 1889; d. 1945; Los Angeles, Calif.

Scheyer worked to introduce the art of the Blue Four (Blaue Vier), Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, and Alexei Jawlensky, to American collectors.

From the description of Galka Scheyer papers, 1917-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118568

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Subjects:

  • Art, Modern
  • Art dealers
  • Blaue Vier (Group of artists)
  • Expressionism (Art)
  • Painters
  • Painting, German

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Places:

  • Germany (as recorded)
  • California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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