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G. Cramer Oude Kunst print view role Dealer/Gallery dates 1881-2007 city The Hague other cities Berlin, Germany; country The Netherlands gender n/a historical notes The gallery of the art dealers Gustav Cramer (1881-1961) and his son Hans Max Cramer (1920-2012) was known for dealing in old master paintings during the 20th century in Europe. The gallery first opened in Berlin in 1933. In order to escape the Nazi regime the family moved to the Netherlands and opened the G. Cramer Oude Kunst gallery on Javastraat 38 in The Hague in 1938. Hans Max Cramer ran the business after the death of his father in 1961. The gallery represented important private collections in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. Their clientele included, among others, Norton Simon (1907-1993), Edward W. Carter (1911-1996), Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza (1921-2002), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the National Gallery, London, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the Toledo Art Museum. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 email h.m.cramer@planet.nl phone 31 70 363 07 58 updated 02/07/2020 18:20:53 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Archive Location Collection Title Links The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections G. Cramer Oude Kunst gallery records 1901-1998 (bulk 1938-1998). see details... «  back