Bourgeois, Stephan
type Dealer/Gallery Scholar/Critic/Expert Consultant
dates 1881-1962
city New York City
stateNY
other citiesCologne, Germany; Geneva, Switzerland; Paris, France; Lille, France;
sex M
history Stephan Bourgeois was a New York City art dealer and advisor. Bourgeois came to the United Stated in 1911 (naturalized U.S. Citizen, 1920). He opened his own art gallery, Bourgeois Galleries, in 1914, and it closed in 1932.

Bourgeois lent work by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Edouard Manet (1832-1883), and A. Monticelli to New York’s International Exhibition of Modern Art in 1913. He served as an advisor for the Canadian collector William C. van Horne (1843-1915), and for Adolph and Sam Lewishon ; authoring a catalogue for the Adolph Lewisohn Collection.

In 1921, Bourgeois married the dancer, adopted daughter of Angela Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), Maria-Theresa Kruger (1895-1987, m. 1921); they had two sons, Rano (1922-2003) and Feodor (b. 1923).
decades1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
updated 04/24/2025 09:12:57
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Repository Description Links
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Stephan Bourgeois papers, 1908-circa 1964 see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974 see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Oscar Bluemner papers, 1886-1939 see details...
Buffalo AKG Art Museum Archives
AKG Art Museum
Gordon B. Washburn Records, 1932-1941 (AK2.5) see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Nassos Daphnis papers, 1940-1977 see details...

see alsoBourgeois Galleries
Lewisohn, Adolph, 1849-1938
Van Horne, William Cornelius, Sir, 1843-1915
Lewisohn, Sam A. (Sam Adolph), 1884-