Hildy Beyeler

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Hildy Beyeler-Kunz (1922–2008), art collector, Beyeler Foundation, Fondation Beyeler, grave in the Hörnli cemetery, Riehen, Basel-Stadt
Grave the cemetery at Hörnli , Riehen

Hilda "Hildy" Beyeler (born July 14, 1922 in Basel as Hilda Kunz; † July 18, 2008 in Riehen ) was a Swiss art collector .

Life

In 1948 she married Ernst Beyeler and supported him in setting up the art dealership Galerie Beyeler. She later built up the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen with him . Above all, she has brought together works of the "Classical Modernism". The collection was incorporated into a foundation in 1982 and has been presented in its own museum since 1997.

Together with her husband as well as Trudl Bruckner and Balz Hilt , Hildy Beyeler was one of the founders of Art Basel , which is now considered the world's largest art fair for contemporary art.

In 1997 she received the “Basler Stern” as a thank you for her work for the city.

literature

  • The other collection. Homage to Ernst and Hildy Beyeler. Edited by the Beyeler Foundation, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7757-2022-9 .
  • Paths of Modernity: The Beyeler Collection. Exhibition catalog, Neue Nationalgalerie April 30 - August 1, 1993. Edited by Angela Schneider. Ars Nicolai, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-89479-035-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nicole Bröhan: Swiss art collectors and their passion. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-85881-353-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Beyeler, Hildy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kunz, Hilda (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss art collector
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 2008
Place of death Riehen