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Leo Castelli (né Krausz; September 4, 1907 – August 21, 1999) was an Italian-American art dealer who originated the contemporary art gallery system. [1] His gallery showcased contemporary art for five decades. [2]
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- Italian, American
- August 21, 1999 (aged 91), New York City, United States
Leo Castelli Barbara Bertozzi Castelli Castelli Gallery. Leo Castelli. Leo Castelli was born in 1907 in Trieste, a city on the Adriatic sea, which, at the time, was the main port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Leo’s father, Ernest Kraus, was the regional director for Austria-Hungary’s largest bank, the Kreditandstalt; his mother, Bianca ...
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When Leo Castelli sold Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) it proved to be a critical moment for him as an American art dealer. The Castelli Gallery welcomed artists of all veins in the immediate post-Abstract Expressionist years, including practitioners of Pop, Minimalism and Conceptualism.
Photograph of Leo Castelli taken by Lorenzo Tricoli. The Leo Castelli Gallery is a venerated New York stalwart. Dedicated to displaying a wide breadth of post-war art, its founder Leo Castelli is now reputed as a pivotal point of influence for the American avant-garde.
Aug 23, 1999 · Leo Castelli, the New York art dealer who played an extraordinary role in shaping contemporary American art and fostering international acceptance of painters like Jasper Johns, Robert...
5 days ago · Leo Castelli (born 1907, Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire [now in Italy]—died August 21, 1999, New York, New York, U.S.) was an art dealer of Hungarian and Italian descent whose promotion of American painters helped contemporary American art gain acceptance in Europe.
Jul 31, 2018 · Jul 31, 2018 8:57AM. Tina Barney. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Castelli, W Magazine, 1998. Paul Kasmin Gallery. By 1960, the Abstract Expressionist hero Willem de Kooning was watching his movement get surpassed by the artists represented by his friend Leo Castelli, a group led by Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.
