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Bareiss, Walter print view role Collector Patron dates 1919-2007 city Greenwich state CT other cities Tübingen, Germany; sex M historical notes German-American businessman and art collector known for collecting classical, African and contemporary art. Bareiss (pronounced BAH-rice) was born in Tübingen, Germany, in 1919. A lifelong collector, he bought his first Picasso etching in Zurich at age 13. He came to the United States in 1937 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business science from Yale University in 1940. He began collecting African art in 1948, when he bid on behalf of the Museum of Modern Art for several pieces auctioned in Stuttgart, Germany. He and his wife Molly Stimson Bareiss compiled over 9,000 pieces for the Walter and Molly Bareiss Collection and created the traveling exhibition Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection. Over the years, he assembled a collection of about 1,800 limited-edition artist’s books, which he donated to the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio. His collection of classical Greek ceramics was bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1984 and includes a black figure vase nicknamed "the Bareiss Painter." decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:29 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 The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Archives pamphlet file: Bareiss, Walter : miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details... The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Bareiss, Walter. Oral History, 1991 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Otto and Ilse Gerson papers, 1933-1980. see details... see also: Bareiss, Molly «  back