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art dealer typically seeks out various artists to represent, and builds relationships with collectors and museums whose An are likely to match the work of the represented artists. Some dealers are able to anticipate market trends, while some interests dealers may be able to influence the taste of the market. Many dealers specialize in a particular style, period, or prominent They often travel internationally, frequenting exhibitions, auctions, and artists' studios looking for good buys, little- region. treasures, and exciting new works. When dealers buy works of art, they resell them either in their galleries or directly to known Those who deal in contemporary art usually exhibit artists' works in their galleries, and take a percentage of the collectors. dealers often study the history of art before entering on their careers. Related careers that often cross-over Art curatorsof museums and art auction firms are industry-related careers.[1] Gallery owners who do not succeed may seek include work for more successful galleries. Others pursue careers as art critics, academics, curators of museums or auction houses, to practicing artists.[3] or have to understand the business side of the art world. They keep up with trends in the market and are knowledgeable Dealers the style of art people want to buy. They figure out how much they should pay for a piece and then estimate the resale about They are also often passionate and knowledgeable about art. Those who deal with contemporary art promote new price. creating a market for the artists' works and securing financial success for themselves. The art world is subject to artists, booms and bust just like any other market. Art dealers must be economically conscious in order to maintain their economic The mark ups of art work must be carefully monitored. If prices and profits are too large, then investments may be livelihoods. determine an artwork's value, dealers inspect the objects or paintings closely, and compare the fine details with similar To Some dealers with many years of experience learn to identify unsigned works by examining stylistic features such as pieces. strokes, color, form. They recognize the styles of different periods and individual artists. Often art dealers are able to brush authentic works from forgeries (although even dealers are sometimes fooled). distinguish Forchondt the Elder (1608–1678) Guillam 17th century Flemish Baroque painter and art dealer based in Antwerp. He established an important art dealing business A international connections in Europe maintained by his extended family. He originally trained as a painter and cabinet with but built a reputation through his international art business. His children became art dealers who settled in various maker in Europe such as Venice, Paris, Vienna, Prague, Linz, Passau and Cadiz where they supplied an elite clientele with a cities of art objects. When in the 1670s Flanders suffered a severe economic downturn due mostly to an invasion by the variety Guillam Forchondt and his brother Melchior the Younger became art entrepreneurs by hiring lesser painters to create French, projects such as large commissioned copies of famous works or large decorative objects. At one point, the Brothers group Musson (Antwerp, 1598–3 November 1678) Matthijs painter and art dealer based in Antwerp, who helped popularize artists of the 17th century Antwerp school by marketing A throughout Europe.[6] Many of his correspondences have been published and studies of his business relationships with them dealers across Europe have established ideas about the art trade and its economics other RolE price the works sell for.[2] Job reQUirEMenTs devalued should an overstock or economic downturn occur.[4] NotABle arT deALerS Forchondt had 60 painters in service for export to France, Austria, Spain and Portugal.[5]
Gagosian (born 1945) Larry of the multimillion-dollar Gagosian Gallery group. Head Glimcher (born 1938) Arne is the founder of The Pace Gallery and is widely known as one of the art world's most powerful dealers. The Pace Glimcher represents contemporary artists including Chuck Close, Tara Donovan, David Hockney, Maya Lin and Kiki Smith. It also Gallery the estates of several artists, including Pablo Picasso, Agnes Martin, Ad Reinhardt, and Alexander Calder.[8] During represents career he has worked closely with important artists including Jean Dubuffet, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Nevelson, his Lucas Samaras. In 2007, Glimcher received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Massachusetts College of Art and and Halpert (1900–1970) Edith was born in 1900 in Odessa, arrived in the U.S. as a penniless Russian Jewish immigrant and grew to become a Halpert New York City art dealer, transforming the landscape of Modern art. Over her forty-year career from 1926 through pioneering 1960s, Halpert brought recognition and market success to many avant-garde American artists. Her establishment The the Gallery, one of the first in Greenwich Village, introduced and showcased many modern art luminaries. Halpert died Downtown age 70 a multimillionaire, with Sotheby's crediting her with having put modernist painting auctions on the map. Its at Perls Klaus (1912–2008) was born and raised in Berlin. He studied art history in Munich, but was forced to finish his education in Perls Switzerland, as the Nazis were no longer allowing degrees for Jews. He ran Perls Galleries for over 60 years. His gallery Basel, with contemporary American artists, modern works from the School of Paris and Mexican and South American art. Perls dealt developed an interest in art from Benin and built a sizable collection. He was not only an art dealer, but also a donor as he also many significant works of art to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He died June 2, 2008 in Mount Kisco, N.Y. at age contributed Hopkins Struever Martha was born in 1931 in Milan, Indiana. She attended the Tobé-Coburn School For Fashion Careers in New York City, after Struever her Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana in 1953. She began collecting and obtaining in American Indian art in 1971, and is regarded as a leading scholar on historic and contemporary Pueblo dealing pottery and Pueblo and Navajo Indian jewelry. She has authored books on Charles Loloma, the foremost American Indian jeweler, and Dextra Quotskuyva, the pre-eminent contemporary Hopi potter, as well as exhibition catalogues Indian Seligmann Jacques Seligmann (1858–1923) moved to Paris in 1874 where he set up an antiquarian business in 1880. Benefiting from German-born interest of clients such as Edmond de Rothschild, he moved to the Place Vendôme in 1900 and in 1904 opened an office in the York. In 1909, he acquired the Hôtel de Monaco in Paris where he was able to impress his more important clients such as New Russian Stroganoff family and the high-flying British politician Sir Philip Sassoon. In New York, he developed interest in the art attracting collectors such as Benjamin Altman, William Randolph Hearst and J. P. Morgan. On his death, his European Weber (1932-2008) John was born in 1932 in Los Angeles. He was a radio corpsman in the Navy during the Korean War before receiving a Weber degree from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1958. As a contemporary art dealer, Weber was ahead of his bachelor's as he was one of the early promotors of Conceptual Art, Post-Minimalist sculpture and Italian Arte Povera. He was the time of several galleries throughout his career and helped organize shows that featured big names such as Robert director Richard Long and Andy Warhol. Weber died May 23, 2008 in Hudson, N.Y. at age 75. Indiana, Design. posthumous sale of her collection went for million in 1973. 96.[9] on Hopi potter Iris Nampeyo and other Hopi art, and has guest curated museum shows in several cities.[10] son Germain Seligman continued to run Jacques Seligmann & Company.
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