A.S. Drey (Firm) |
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role
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Dealer/Gallery |
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dates
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1860-1935 |
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city
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Munich |
| other cities | London, United Kingdom; New York, NY; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; |
| country | Germany |
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historical notes
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A.S. Drey was established c. 1864.
"The art firm of A.S. Drey in Munich was founded in the 1860s by Aaron S. Drey. In 1881, Drey expanded the firm to include his only son Siegfried [d. 1935] and his son-in-law Adolf Stern [1840-1931]. Their sons in turn joined the business: Friedrich and Ludwig Stern and Paul and Francis Drey.
In 1913 A.S. Drey moved into a building designed by Gabriel von Seidl on the Maximiliansplatz in Munich. The firm expanded to branches in the US and the UK, where the London branch was managed by Francis Drey. By 1935, most of the family had emigrated to the UK and USA, where the firm operated in New York. Heavy tax impositions forced the remaining family members in Germany to liquidate their assets on 17 June 1936 at the Graupe auction house in Berlin.
The Maximilianplatz building was taken over by Walter Bornheim, who operated the business under the name of the Galerie für Alte Kunst."
[retrieved on 10/17/2008 from http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/tbio?tperson=8837 ; updated link on 9/14/2016 http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/provenance-info.8837.html#biography]
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decades
of activity | 1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940 |
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10/31/2024 13:33:21 |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
Harvard Art Museum Archives
32 Quincy Street |
Paul J. Sachs Papers, 1903-2005. |
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