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Kramarsky, Siegfried print view role Collector dates 1893-1961 city New York City state NY other cities Lubeck, Germany; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Portugal; Canada; sex M historical notes Siegfried Kramarsky was a German-born banker, art collector, and philanthropist. His collection was exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of art and included, among others, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, and Paul Gauguin. A Vincent Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet, 1890, once owned by Kramarsky's, was sold by his heirs in 1990, at an auction for $82.5 million to the Japanese businessman, Ryoei Saito (1916-1996). Kramarsky was active in Jewish communal affairs, a member of the board of trustees of Beth Israel Hospital, a supporter of Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and campaigns of the United Jewish Appeal. Kramarsky's wife, Violet "Lola" Ingeborg (Popper) Kramarsky, was president of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. The couple had one daughter, Sonia (later Binkhorft), and two sons, Bernard and Werner. decades of activity 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:30 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Harvard Art Museum Archives 32 Quincy Street Paul J. Sachs Papers, 1900-1994. see details... The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Kramarsky, Siegfried. Artist file: miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details... see also: Kramarsky, Werner H. «  back