Konrad Bernheimer is the chairman and owner of Bernheimer Fine Old Masters in Munich, and was the owner of Colnaghi in London.
11 Facts About Konrad Bernheimer
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Konrad Bernheimer sold Colnaghi to the Spanish dealers Jorge Coll and Nicolas Cortes in 2016.
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Konrad Otto Bernheimer was born in Rubio, Venezuela, on 30 August 1950.
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The Mexican government intervened, as his grandfather Otto Konrad Bernheimer was the Mexican honorary consul in Munich.
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Hermann Goring, a Konrad Bernheimer client, did a deal whereby they bought his niece's Venezuelan coffee plantation which was struggling, and were allowed to emigrate there, and had to take Goring's aunt and her Jewish husband along, and support them until they died.
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Konrad O Bernheimer is the fourth generation of a family dealing in art and antiques, founded by his great-grandfather Lehmann Bernheimer as Bernheimer in May 1864.
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Konrad Bernheimer took over the family business in 1977, aged 26, and has moved it from a more broadly based art and antiques business to one dealing in Old Masters.
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Konrad Bernheimer sold the company to the Spanish dealers Jorge Coll and Nicolas Cortes in 2016.
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Konrad Bernheimer was a board member of The European Fine Art Foundation, and chairman of its fine art division, Pictura, from 2004 until 2019.
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Konrad Bernheimer owns the 11th century 40-bedroom castle, Burg Marquartstein in Marquartstein, Bavaria, which is listed for sale with Sotheby's International Realty as of November 2015, with "price upon request".
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Konrad Bernheimer has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.