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F. Kleinberger Galleries was a commercial art gallery based in Paris and New York that for more than a century played in important role in importing European artworks into the United States. Founded in 1848 by Franz Kleinberger in Paris, it was owned and managed by his grandson Harry Sperling until the art dealership closed in 1973.[1]

F. Kleinberger Galleries

Founders	Franz Kleinberger
Dissolved	1973
Headquarters	Paris, New York
Chief Executives	Harry Sperling

Founding and early years

Franz Kleinberger founded the art dealership in 1848 in Paris. Its main business was importing European paintings to the United States. By 1913, Kleinberger had a New York branch gallery on Fifth Avenue, near the Duveen Gallery[2] where numerous exhibitions were organised.[3][4][5][6] Art experts who worked for Kleinberger Galleries included John Watson.[7]

The Sperling years

Harry S. Sperling (d. 1971) was vice president of Kleinberger until 1973 when he became president following the death of the founder Franz Kleinberger (ca. 1936).[8] Kleinberger Galleries worked in close partnership with Julius Böhler both before and after World War II.[9][2]

Supplier to American museums

Kleinberger was a major suppier of European artworks to American museums.[10] The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston holds a dozen artworks that passed through Kleinberger.[11] The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. list twenty [12] and the Metropolitan Museum lists over 200 artworks associated with Kleinberger.[13]

References

External links

• F. Kleinberger Galleries Inc. Records

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