Alfred Beit

Alfred Beit

male, deceased (1906)
Alfred Beit (15 February 1853-16 July 1906) was a British South African gold and diamond magnate and supporter of British imperialism in Southern...
Lothar-Günther Buchheim

Lothar-Günther Buchheim

male, deceased (2007)
Lothar-Günther Buchheim (6 February 1918 - 22 February 2007) was a German author, painter, and art collector. He is best known for his novel "Das B...
Nasser David Khalili

Nasser David Khalili

male, 64 years old
Nasser David Khalili is an Iranian-born Jewish property developer, a cousin of Israeli minister Shaul Mofaz, art collector and philanthropist,...
Joan Whitney Payson

Joan Whitney Payson

female, deceased (1975)
Joan Whitney Payson was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent...
George Costakis

George Costakis

male, deceased (1990)
In the years surrounding the 1917 revolution, artists in Russia produced the first non-figurative art movement which was to become the defining art...
Felix Slade

Felix Slade

male, deceased (1868)
Felix Joseph Slade FRA (6 August 1788 - 29 March 1868), was an English, a collector of glass, books and engravings, a fellow of the Society of...
James Mayer de Rothschild

James Mayer de Rothschild

male, deceased (1868)
James de Rothschild, born May 15, 1792 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany - died November 15, 1868 in Paris, France, was a banker and a member of the...
Catherine II of Russia

Catherine II of Russia

female, deceased (1796)
Catherine II of Russia, called the Great reigned as Empress of Russia for some 34 years, from June 28 1762 until her death. She was one of Russia's...
Alfred Bruyas

Alfred Bruyas

male, deceased (1876)
Alfred Bruyas was an art collector and a personal friend of many important artists of his time, among them Gustave Courbet. He donated his...

Kerry Stokes

male, 69 years old
Kerry Stokes AO (born on) is the chairman of Seven Network, one of the largest broadcasting corporations in Australia, and a recipient of the Order...