Rudolf Zwirner (born 1933) is a German art dealer and gallerist.
Early life
He was born in 1933, the son of the phonetician .
His brother, , (1929-2010) was a doctor.
Career
Together with his wife Ursula Reppin, he opened his first gallery in
Essen in 1959.
They opened a second gallery in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
in 1963.
In 1967, he co-founded the world's first art fair,
Art Cologne
Art Cologne is an art fair held annually in Cologne, Germany and was established in 1967 as ''Kölner Kunstmarkt''. It is regarded as the world's oldest art fair of its kind. The fair runs for six days and brings together galleries from more than ...
.
Personal life
He was married to Ursula Reppin (born 1935,
Breslau).
They had a daughter, Esther, and a son
David Zwirner
David Zwirner (born October 23, 1964) is a German art dealer and owner of the David Zwirner Gallery in New York City, London, Hong Kong, and Paris.
Early life and education
Zwirner was born in Cologne, West Germany. The son of art dealer Rudolf ...
is also an art dealer and gallerist.
They divorced in 1974 or 1975, when David was ten, and Zwirner remarried to another Ursula.
He is now married to Dorothea, and they have a daughter, Louisa.
References
1933 births
Living people
German art dealers
Zwirner family
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