Curt Valentin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Curt Valentin

German art dealer

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1902

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1954

Profession: art dealer, editor, gallerist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Curt Valentin (5 October 1902, Hamburg, Germany – 19 August 1954, Forte dei Marmi, Italy) was a German-Jewish art dealer known for handling modern art, particularly sculpture, and works classified as "degenerate" by the Nazi regime in pre-war Germany. After 1927 Curt Valentin worked for Alfred Flechtheim in Berlin.
In 1934, he worked at Karl Buchholz Gallery, Hamburg.
In 1937, he emigrated to America, and opened a modern art gallery, Bucholz gallery, in New York City.
He had permission to sell German art in America, from the Nazi authorities. In 1951 the gallery was renamed the Curt Valentin Gallery.
His gallery operated from 1951, until a year after his death in 1954, and handled works by many notable artists including Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Marino Marini, and Jacques Lipchitz.