Heinrich Fromm
Heinrich Fromm (1886-1956) was a German Jewish art collector, interned at Dachau who emigrated to the United Kingdom.
Life
[edit]Heinrich Fromm was born on March 31, 1886 in Augsburg, Germany. [1] He worked for his family's firm Firma Joachim Fromm in Munich[2] and was a part owner of the Günther Franke's Graphisches Kabinett. [3]
He married Helene (Leni) Degginger and they had three children.[4]
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the Fromms were persecuted due to their Jewish heritage. Fromm was arrested and held at the Dachau camp, before fleeing to the United Kingdom.[3]
His son Robert Fromm lived in the United Kingdom.[5]
Art collection
[edit]Fromm collected art by Max Beckmann and owned Beckmann's The Night[6] and Der Eiserne Steg,[7] which are now in the collection of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, as well as The Bath and Lido,[8] now in the Saint Louis Art Museum[9] and Bildnis Frau Dr. Heidel, now in the Hamburg Kunsthalle.[10] Other works by Beckmann in the Fromm collection included Sonnenaufgang,[11] Stadtansicht mit Eisernem Steg,[12] Schöne Aussicht (Winterlandschaft)[13] and Stilleben mit Grammophon und Schwertlilien.[14][15]
Provenance research projects at the Nordrhein-Westfalen are investigating the circumstances under which artworks from the Fromm collection entered the museum collection[16]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Heinrich Fromm". geni_family_tree. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Joachim Fromm (Hopfenhändler) - Jüdisches Leben in Bayern :: Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte". hdbg.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ a b "Fromm, Heinrich | Proveana". www.proveana.de. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Helene (Leni) Fromm". geni_family_tree. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Fromm, Robert | Proveana". www.proveana.de. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Die Nacht | Lost Art-Datenbank". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
Max Beckmann, Frankfurt am Main, 1919 - Walther Carl, Frankfurt am Main, 1919 - spätestens Januar 1920 (erworben vom Künstler) - Max Beckmann, Frankfurt am Main, mindestens Januar 1920 - Graphisches Kabinett, J. B. Neumann (und Heinrich Fromm), Berlin/München, Januar 1920 - März 1922 - Max (oder Fritz) Grünbaum, Berlin, März 1922 - mindestens 1926 (erworben von J. B. Neumann, München) - J. B. Neumann, New York/München/Berlin und Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf/Berlin, mindestens 1928 bis mindestens März 1932 - vermutlich J. B. Neumann, New York/München, vermutlich März 1932 - Heinrich Fromm, München, frühestens 1932 - vermutlich 1939, spätestens 1948 (vermutlich erhalten von J. B. Neumann, New York/München) - Günther Franke, München, vermutlich 1939, spätestens 1948 - 1963 (vermutlich erworben von Heinrich Fromm, München) - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, seit 1963 (erworben von Günther Franke, München) - Erworben 1963 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
- ^ "Der Eiserne Steg | Lost Art-Datenbank". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
Provenienz Max Beckmann, Frankfurt am Main, 1922 - vermutlich 1931; J. B. Neumann, New York/München/Berlin, mindestens 1925 - mindestens 1931 (vermutlich in Kommission, Stock-Nr. JB 5607); Heinrich Fromm, München, vermutlich 1931 (seit Juni 1931 verschollen); vermutlich Galerie Bing, Paris, um Juni 1931 (in Kommission); Hôtel Drouot, Paris, vermutlich um 1962 (vermutlich in Kommission); Géo Charles, Paris, ? - 1963; René Drouin, Paris, 1963 (Vermittler im Auftrag der Witwe Géo Charles, Paris); Richard L. Feigen, Chicago, 1963 - mindestens 1967 (erworben aus dem Nachlass Géo Charles, Paris, über René Drouin, Paris); Harry Spiro, New York/New Orleans, frühestens 1967 - spätestens 1974; Privatsammlung, New York, vermutlich 1974 - 1978; Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York, mindestens 1978; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, seit 1978 (erworben von der Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York)
- ^ "Lido". Saint Louis Art Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
Max Beckmann (1884-1950), Frankfurt am Main, Germany [1] I. B. Neumann (1887-1961), Berlin, Germany, purchased from the artist [2] Heinrich Fromm (1886-1959), Munich, Germany [3] by 1946 - Galerie Günther Franke [Günther Franke (1900–1976)], Munich, Germany [4] - 1956 Helga Fietz (1907-1958), Icking, Germany, gift from Günther Franke [5] 1956 - 1983 Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Helga Fietz with Günther Franke acting as her agent [6] 1983 - Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [7]
- ^ "The Bath". Saint Louis Art Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
Max Beckmann (1884-1950), Paris, France [1] by 1931 - Graphisches Kabinett (Günther Franke), Munich, Germany, acquired from the artist - 1939 Heinrich Fromm (d.1959), Munich, Germany; London, England [2] 1939 - 1956 Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, Germany, acquired from Heinrich Fromm [3] 1956 - 1983 Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Galerie Günther Franke [4] 1983 - Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [5]
- ^ "217 Bildnis Frau Dr. Heidel | Max Beckmann". beckmann-gemaelde.org. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
Provenienz Atelier Max Beckmann [...] BERLIN Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann (1923 / 1924; in Kommission?) Berlin, Astrid Matthias und Leo Matthias (um 1931 / 1932) MÜNCHEN Galerie Günther Franke (wohl 1939; in Kommission?) München / London, Heinrich Fromm (1939) München / London, Anneliese Foster (geb. Fromm) (1939) CAMPIONE D'ITALIA Galerie Ketterer (spätestens 1967 bis August 1968) HAMBURG Kunsthalle (August 1968 / 1969; Geschenk der Neuen Sparkasse von 1864 in Hamburg an die Stiftung zu Förderung der Hamburgischen Kunstsammlungen)
- ^ "Christies Live Auction 5673 German & Austrian Art '96 Max Beckmann (1887-1950) Sonnenaufgang". christies.com.
Heinrich Fromm, Munich, by whom purchased directly from the Artist. Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, from whom purchased by the late husband of the present owner in the 1950s.
- ^ "Christies Live Auction 11966 Prints & Multiples".
- ^ "Christies Max Beckmann (1884-1950) Schöne Aussicht (Winterlandschaft)".
Heinrich Fromm (d. 1959), Munich and London; then by descent to the present owner.
- ^ "Christies Live Auction 1900 Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale".
Studio of the Artist. I.B. Neumann, New York (by 1927). Günther Franke, Munich (acquired from the above). Heinrich Fromm, Munich and London (circa 1930). By descent from the above to the present owners.
- ^ "FROMM, Heinrich | Max Beckmann". beckmann-gemaelde.org. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Provenance research on works created before 1945 in the holdings of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen | Proveana". www.proveana.de. Retrieved 2024-11-22.