Walter Feilchenfeldt was a German art dealer and publisher.
Occupation
physician, publisher, art dealer
Citizenship
Germany
Born
January 21, 1894
Died
December 9, 1953
Overview
Walter Feilchenfeldt (born 21 January 1894 in Berlin; died 9 December 1953 in Zürich) was a German art dealer and publisher.
Life and work
Walter Feilchenfeldt was born in Berlin on 21 January 1894, the son of a doctor. In 1919 he began working for the art dealer and publisher Paul Cassirer, becoming a partner in the Cassirer art dealship in 1924. After Cassirer's death, he continued to run the art dealership and the publishing house, together with Greta Ring.
Amsterdam and Zürich
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Feilchenfeldt was persecuted due to his Jewish heritage. He left Berlin and went to Amsterdam, where he succeeded Helmuth Lütjens (1893–1986) as director of the Dutch branch of Cassirer and married in 1936 Marianne Breslauer. Their first son Walter Feilchenfedlt Jr was born in 1939.
His business partner Grete Ring dissolved in 1937 the Berlin branch of Cassiser and founded in London a British company, Kunsthandlung Paul Cassirer Limited.
