1. Eric Estorick was an American art collector, art dealer and author, who lived in London and ran the Grosvenor Gallery.
13 Facts About Eric Estorick
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Eric Estorick was born Elihu Estorick in 1913 in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Jewish emigres from Russia.
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Eric Estorick studied at New York University where he obtained a PhD in Sociology, and at the New School for Social Research in New York.
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Eric Estorick later taught at New York University and at Columbia University.
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Eric Estorick had the scrolls transferred to Westminster Synagogue in London, and they eventually were distributed to Jewish congregations worldwide.
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Shortly before his death in 1993, Eric Estorick set up and endowed the Eric and Salome Estorick Foundation, which founded the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art in London.
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The price of modern Italian paintings was particularly low because of the taint of Fascism; Eric Estorick bought heavily and became friends with several artists.
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Eric Estorick started art dealing in the early 1950s, initially by buying work by well-known European artists and selling it in Hollywood.
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In 1960 Eric Estorick opened the new Grosvenor Gallery in London, which became the centre of his business as an art dealer.
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Eric Estorick lent work for temporary exhibitions at several public galleries, including all the works for an exhibition of Italian art the Tate Gallery in 1956.
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In 1963, Eric Estorick lent several paintings for the filming of Carl Foreman's The Victors.
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Eric Estorick is credited in the film as art consultant.
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Eric Estorick became his exclusive world agent, creating business worth $100 million annually.