Gimpel Fils
This article needs to be updated.(December 2018) |
Gimpel Fils is a London art gallery previously located at 30 Davies Street in Westminster just off Grosvenor Square and has since moved. The gallery was founded by Charles and Peter Gimpel, sons of the celebrated Parisian art dealer, René Gimpel, author of the Diary of an Art Dealer.[1][2] Throughout its history it has maintained a commitment to contemporary British and International art.[3]
History
Gimpel Fils was founded in November 1946. The first exhibition, Five Centuries of French Painting, was based on the small part of René Gimpel's collection that had been sent to London before the
During the 1950s and 60s Gimpel Fils was highly influential in its association with the
The gallery continues to promote the work of that generation of artists, supporting the work of senior British painters such as Alan Davie and Albert Irvin, while also presenting retrospectives of 20th-century modern art. The contemporary programme has widened the range of work shown by the gallery and has developed to include artists such as Corinne Day, Andres Serrano, Callum Morton and Hannah Maybank.[1][3][4]
Gimpel Fils was initially based, briefly, at 86 Duke Street, London, before moving to 50 South Molton Street, where the artist Louis Le Brocquy laid a mosaic in the entrance.[5] It relocated to its present premises at 30 Davies Street in 1972.[5] The gallery was refurbished in 2000. The refurbishment was inaugurated with an installation by Richard Wilson.[1]
The Gimpel family retained a strong interest in the running of the gallery. The current co-director is René Gimpel, son of Charles and a fourth generation of the Gimpel family to become an art dealer.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Gimpel Fils: About, Gimpel Fils. Retrieved 2016-2-25.
- ^ Kostyrko, Diana J., 'René Gimpel's Diary of an Art Dealer ', The Burlington Magazine, Sept. 2015, no. 1350, vol. 157, pp. 615-619.
- ^ a b "Artslant: Gimpel Fils", Artslant.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Peter Gimpel", The Independent, 18 June 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
- ^ a b c Obituary: Peter Gimpel, The Times, 2 July 2005. Link to InfoTrac National Newspapers Database (requires login). Retrieved 2012-10-17.