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| A search on Kleinberger in the German Historical Museum Linz Database returns five paintings |
The name "Kleinberger" appears fourteen times in the French MNR database, five times in the German Historical Museum Linz Database and three times in the Art Looting Investigation Red Flag List of Names, along with "Loebl" (14 times) and "Garin" (6 times)
1. What references exist for Kleinberger?
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| Source: Getty ¨Provenance Index ULAN ID for Keinberger Galleries |
ULAN has a code for Kleinberger Galleries in its Linked Open Data (http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500434826) , though it is not clear whether it refers the same individual. (There appears to be a typo in the entry, with TWO commas instead of one, and several name changes*.
The Frick Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America has an entry for F. Kleinberger, which it relates to Franz Kleinberger (FOUNDER), Harry S. Sperling (VICE PRESIDENT) and Julius Böhler / Böhler Steinmeyer (CLOSE ASSOCIATE) along with Duveen
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| source: F. Kleinberger Galleries (New York, N.Y.) file at the FrickArchives Directory for the History of Collecting in America |
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2. Mentions of the name "Kleinberger" at France's MNR (Site Rose-VallandMusées Nationaux Récupération)
| Auteur | Titre | Domaine | Localisation | Droits photo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Anonyme | Scène de bataille : Siège de Carthage par Scipio l'Aemilianus Panneau de cassonne | Peinture | Angers ; musée des Beaux-Arts | © Agraci © Angers, musées © Angers, Musées, P. David |
|  | Anonyme Ancienne attribution : Maître de la Nativité de Karlsruhe | Histoire de Camille (panneau de cassone) Scène de tournoi | Peinture | Tours ; musée des Beaux-Arts | © Réunion des musées nationaux |
|  | BELLEVOIS Jacob-Adriaensz | Marine | Peinture | Paris ; musée du Louvre ; département des Peintures | © Réunion des musées nationaux |
|  | CODDE, Pieter Jacobsz | La Leçon de danse | Peinture | Paris ; musée du Louvre ; département des Peintures | © Réunion des musées nationaux |
|  | CUYP, Jacob Gerritsz Ecole des Pays-Bas | Jeune fille au panier d'oeufs | Peinture | Paris ; musée du Louvre ; département des Peintures | © Réunion des musées nationaux Grand Palais. © Musée du Louvre, A. Dequier, M. Bard. |
|  | CUYP, Jacob Gerritsz Ecole des Pays-Bas | L'Enfant à l'oie | Peinture | Paris ; musée du Louvre ; département des peintures | © Réunion des musées nationaux Grand Palai. © Musée du Louvre, A. Dequier, M. Bard |
|  | GOYEN, Jan van Ecole des Pays-Bas | Plage près d'Egmond | Peinture | Paris ; musée du Louvre ; département des Peintures | © Réunion des musées nationaux |
|  | LEBRUN, Marc-Augustin | Coupe à couvercle vermeille avec son plateau | Objets d'art ; orfévrerie | Paris ; musée du Louvre ; département des Objets d'art | © Réunion des musées nationaux |
|  | LEYSTER Judith | Joueur de Luth | Peinture | Montargis, musée Girodet ; volé en 1977 | © Réunion des musées nationaux |
|  | MOMPER Joos de | Paysage montagneux avec famille de paysans se reposant au bord d'un chemin | Peinture | Paris ; musée du Louvre ; département des Peintures | © Réunion des musées nationaux |
|  | PANNINI, Giovanni Paolo | L'Aumône à Bélisaire dans des ruines | Peinture | Avignon ; musée Calvet | © Réunion des musées nationaux Grand Palais. © Avignon, Musée Calvet. © Ville d’Avignon |
|  | RAOUX, Jean | Portrait dit de Mme Titon de Coigny ou de Mme Lebel de Fermé en Flore | Peinture | Versailles ; musée national du château et domaine | © Réunion des musées nationaux |
|  | RUYSDAEL, Salomon van | Paysage de rivière | Peinture | Dieppe ; Château-musée | © Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites |
|  | SAVERY Roelant | Orphée charmant les animaux | Peinture | Paris ; musée du Louvre ; département des Peintures | © Réunion des musées nationaux |
3. Mentions of the name "Kleinberger" in Hitler's Linz Collection
Language is alway an issue with WWII era art provenance research. The German Historical Museum publishes the Linz Collection in German:Former owner = Vortbesitzer
Private owner France = Privatbesitz Frankreich
Private owner Germany =Privatbesitz Deutschland
French art market = Kunsthandel Frankreich
German Art market = Kunsthandel Deutschland
The Art Looting Investigation Unit devoted Detailed Interogation Report (DIR) No. 13 to Karl Haberstock, May 1946 and referenced him 60 times in the Red List of Names in the Final Report which is too many to reproduce here.
Allen Loebl is mentioned fourteen times in the Art Looting Investigation Unit Red Flag list of Names. Garin is mentioned six times. These are reproduced below and would be interesting to visualize as networks. Caution is advised as the relations may be more complex than a simple network map can express.
| Datenblatt li001618 | |
| Sammlung: Linzer Sammlung | |
|---|---|
| Objekttyp: Bild | |
| Titel: | Tanzstunde, fünf Figuren (Das Konzert) |
| Datierung: | 1627 |
| Künstler: | Codde, Pieter Jacobsz (1599-1678) |
| Material/Technik: | Holz |
| Maße: | 40 x 53,5 |
| Mü-Nr.: | 4330 Mü.-Nummer |
| Linz-Nr.: | 1611 |
| Ereignisse: | Vorbesitzer: Allen Loebl (Kleinberger) / Paris1940 (Privatbesitz Frankreich) Einlieferung: Karl Haberstock / Berlin1941 (Kunsthandel Deutschland) Verbleib: Frankreich (Musées Nationaux de Récupération 452) |
| Datenblatt li002698 | |
| Sammlung: Linzer Sammlung | |
|---|---|
| Objekttyp: Bild | |
| Titel: | Großes Blumenstück (Kartusche mit Blumenkranz) |
| Datierung: | 1615 (um) |
| Künstler: | Seghers, Daniel (1590-1661) |
| Material/Technik: | Leinwand |
| Maße: | 156 x 125,5 |
| Mü-Nr.: | 4587 Mü.-Nummer |
| Linz-Nr.: | 2689 |
| Ereignisse: | Vorbesitzer: Allen Loebl (Kleinberger) / Paris1942 (Kunsthandel Frankreich) Einlieferung: Karl Haberstock / Berlin1942 (Kunsthandel Deutschland) Verbleib: Frankreich |
| Datenblatt li002700 | |
| Sammlung: Linzer Sammlung | |
|---|---|
| Objekttyp: Bild | |
| Titel: | "Caritas", Allegorie, weibliche Gestalt mit zwei Mönchen und Engeln |
| Datierung: | 1737 (um) |
| Künstler: | Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) |
| Material/Technik: | Leinwand |
| Maße: | 110 x 96 |
| Mü-Nr.: | 4095 Mü.-Nummer |
| Linz-Nr.: | 2691 |
| Ereignisse: | Vorbesitzer: Allen Loebl (Kleinberger) / Paris1942 (Kunsthandel Frankreich) Einlieferung: Karl Haberstock / Berlin1943 (Kunsthandel Deutschland) Verbleib: Frankreich |
| Datenblatt li004278 | |
| Sammlung: Linzer Sammlung | |
|---|---|
| Objekttyp: Bild | |
| Titel: | Landschaft mit Teich und Staffage |
| Datierung: | 1638 (um) |
| Künstler: | Oosten, Izaak van (1613-1661) |
| Material/Technik: | Kupfer |
| Maße: | 31 x 43,7 |
| Mü-Nr.: | 6320 Mü.-Nummer |
| Linz-Nr.: | Anhang |
| Ereignisse: | Vorbesitzer: Allen Loebl (Kleinberger) / Paris1942 (Kunsthandel Frankreich) Vorbesitzer: Hermann Göring / Carinhall (RM 1304 b)1943 (Privatbesitz Deutschland) Einlieferung: C. F. Ernst Schmidt, Gemälde Alter Meister / Berlin1944 (Kunsthandel Deutschland) Verbleib: Niederlande (Nederlands Kunstbezit 1927) |
| Datenblatt li005225 | |
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| Sammlung: Linzer Sammlung | |
|---|---|
| Titel: | Barock-Nische mit Blumen |
| Künstler: | Mijn, Hermann van der (1684 - 1741) |
| Material/Technik: | K.A. |
| Linz-Nr.: | Anhang |
| Ereignisse: | Vorbesitzer: Allen Loebl (Kleinberger) / Paris (Kunsthandel Frankreich) Einlieferung: Karl Haberstock / Berlin1941 (Kunsthandel Deutschland) Verbleib: unbekannt |
4. Selected Mentions of Kleinberger, Loebl, Garin, and Böhler in the 1946 Art Looting Investigation Unit Red Flag List of Names. (Too many mentions of Karl Haberstock to reproduce)
Garin, Ernest. Paris, 9 rue de l’Echelle. Formal proprietor of the Galerie E Garin, aryanised in this name by Ali Loebl. The Garin firm actually succeeded Kleinberger’s and under Loebl becamse centre of the informal dealers’ syndicate composed of Wendland, Perdoux, Boitel, Dequoy, etc. Garin personally played a relatively minor part in the business of the firm during the occupation. Indicted by French Government (Seine Tribunal, Judge Frapier).
Loebl, Ali (Allen). Paris, rue des Pyramides/9 rue de l’Echelle/34 quai de Passy. Dealer, of Austro-Hungarian Jewish descent. Director and leading spirit of the firm Kleinberger & Co, ‘aryanised ‘ under the name of E Garin during the war. Centre of the informal art dealing syndicate comprising Wendland, Perdoux, Mandl, Boitel, Dequoy, Engel. Sold chiefly to Lohse, Hofer and Haberstock, for whom he travelled as agent in unoccupied France. Contact of Mohnen, Landry, Mestrallet. Indicted by the French Government (Seine Tribunal, Judge Frapier).
Boehler, Julius Sr. Lucerne, Hotel Bellevue. Son of Julius Boehler of Munich, who died about 1935. Of German birth; active in Switzerland since 1910. Became naturalised Swiss about 1935. Financed after loss of his fortune in 1929 by Kleinberger and subsequently by Fischer. Partner of Steinmeyer. Believed not to have engaged in significant looted art activity.
Goldschmidt, Arthur. Havana, Cuba. German Jewish refugee dealer, resident in Cannes from July 1940 to August 1941, when he left for Spain and Cuba. Contact of Haberstock, Fischer, Loebl and Wendland, to whom he is known to have sold.
Landry, Pierre. Paris, 1 rue Chardin. Dealer, worked with Bornheim and Lohse. Had close business connections with J Feral. In contact with Plietzsch and Rochlitz. Used Loebl and others for concealment.
Mandl, Victor. Paris, 9 rue du Boetie. German refugee dealer, formerly active in Berlin. Highly important figure in German art purchases in Paris. Close contact of Wendland, Dietrich, Voss, Goepel, Muehlmann, Lohse, Loebl, Perdoux, Birtschansky and Wuester. Indicted by French Government for collaborationist activity.
Michel, Charles. Paris, 12 ave de Tourville. Dealer. Large concern, specialising in 18th century furniture and painting. Reported by French and German sources to have dealt extensively with the Germans during the occupation. Believed to have been one of the financial backers of the Wendland-Boitel-Loebl group. Sold two Bronzino portraits to Haberstock for FFr2,000,000. Ali Loebl and Garin served as intermediaries. Also sold important items to Maria Dietrich. Has been interrogated by the Police Judiciare but not indicted.
Perdoux, Yves. Paris, 178 rue du Fbg St Honore/6 rue de Teheran/6 blvd Flandrin. Operated the Galerie Guynot. One of the most active collaborationist dealers. Close associate of Wendland, Boitel and Loebl. Ardent Nazi, constantly in touch with Dietrich and other German buyers. Interrogated in 1945 by the Police Judiciaire. Reported ill and near death in January 1946.
Wendland, Dr Hans. Versoix/Geneva. German national. Art dealer, resident alternately in France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany since World War I. Partner of Reber until about 1930. Probably the most important individual engaged in quasi-official looted art transactions in France, Germany and Switzerland in World War II. Acted as intermediary between Hofer and Fischer, and as Fischer’s chief purchasing agent. Frequently in Paris during the occupation; close contact of Lohse, Rochlitz, Loebl, Petrides, Mandl, Wuester, etc. Has never sold works of art directly to private purchasers; always working as dealers’ expert and agent. His activities presently under close scrutiny by the Swiss government. On Allied Expulsion List and Proclaimed List.
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*note for information: Getty Provenance Index File on Kleinberger OBJECTS (RDF)
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