Karl Gröppel
Karl Gröppel (born March 11, 1883 in Beuthen , Upper Silesia ; died July 4, 1967 in Bochum ) was a German entrepreneur and art collector .
After the death of his father Franz Gröppel, Gröppel took over the machine works Fr. Gröppel, C. Lührigs Nachf. , Which was taken over by Westfalia-Dinnendahl AG in 1930 . He became the technical director. His art collection was later acquired by the Dortmund Museum Ostwall and shown for the first time in 1958.
literature
- Barbara Gerstein: Gröppel, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 117 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Clemens Kreuzer: Expressionism in Bochum. A vision and a scandal. The history of the Gröppel collection. In: Bochumer Punkte , No. 32 (July 2014), pp. 17–35.
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| SURNAME | Groeppel, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beuthen , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1967 |
| Place of death | Bochum |