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{{short description|American painter}}

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|birth_name = Grace Lubell
|birth_name = Grace Lubell
|birth_date = January 25, 1915
|birth_date = January 25, 1915
|birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York]]
|birth_place = [[New York City]], US
|death_date = July 19, 2001 (age 86)
|death_date = July 19, 2001 (age 86)
|death_place = [[Manhattan]]
|death_place = [[New York City]], US
|death_cause = accidental fall
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|education = B.A. and M.A. [[Columbia University]]
|education = B.A. and M.A. [[Columbia University]]
|nationality =
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|spouse = [[Jack Borgenicht]] (divorced)<br> Norman Sachs Jr. (divorced)<br> [[Warren Brandt (artist)|Warren Brandt]]
|parents = Samuel L. Lubell
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|spouse = [[Jack Borgenicht]] (divorced)<br> Norman Sachs Jr. (divorced)<br> [[Will Brandt]]
|children = 3 with Borgenicht
|children = 3 with Borgenicht
|family = [[Benedict I. Lubell]] (brother)<br> [[Eli M. Black]] (brother-in-law)<BR> [[Leon Black]] (nephew)
|family = [[Benedict I. Lubell]] (brother)<br> [[Orin Kerr]] (grandson)<br> [[Eli M. Black]] (brother-in-law)<BR> [[Leon Black]] (nephew)
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'''Grace Borgenicht Brandt''' (January 25, 1915 - July 19, 2001) was an American art dealer.<ref name=NYTGBBObit>{{Cite web|first=Roberta |last=Smith |authorlink= |title= Grace Borgenicht Brandt, 86, New York Art Dealer, Dies |publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date= July 21, 2001|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/21/arts/grace-borgenicht-brandt-86-new-york-art-dealer-dies.html |accessdate=}}</ref>
'''Grace Borgenicht Brandt''' (January 25, 1915 &ndash; July 19, 2001) was an American art dealer.<ref name=NYTGBBObit>{{Cite news|first=Roberta |last=Smith |title= Grace Borgenicht Brandt, 86, New York Art Dealer, Dies |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date= July 21, 2001|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/21/arts/grace-borgenicht-brandt-86-new-york-art-dealer-dies.html }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
She was born Grace Lubell on January 25, 1915 to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family in New York City.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> Her father Samuel L. Lubell founded the Bell Oil and Gas Company, an independent oil refiner in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]<ref name=NYTLubell /> and Lubell Brothers, a shirt manufacturer in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Samuel L. Lubell, Founded Shirt and Oil Companies|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 10, 1966 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/07/10/archives/samuel-l-lubell-founded-shirt-and-oil-companies.html|accessdate=}}</ref> She has two siblings: oil executive [[Benedict I. Lubell]] and Shirley Black Kash (formerly married to [[Eli M. Black]]).<ref name=NYTLubell>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Benedict I. Lubell, Tulsa Oil Executive And Arts Patron, 87 |publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 14, 1996 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/14/us/benedict-i-lubell-tulsa-oil-executive-and-arts-patron-87.html |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name=TW>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Funeral Services Set for Tulsa Arts Patron Benedict I. Lubell |publisher=[[Tulsa World]]|date=December 14, 1996 |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/funeral-services-set-for-tulsa-arts-patron-benedict-i-lubell/article_4fafa1e2-d1ee-5ea8-8d41-d1a07c9a628e.html |accessdate=}}</ref> She attended [[Calhoun School]] and the [[New College]] at [[Columbia University]]. In 1934, while still a student, she studied in the studio of the painter [[André L'Hote]] in Paris.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> After returning to New York, she studied printmaking at [[Stanley William Hayter]]'s [[Atelier 17]] and earned a M.A. in art education from Columbia.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> After school, she painted professionally, having her first solo show at Chris Ritter's Laurel Gallery in 1947 and later became one of Ritter's primary financial backers.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> After Ritter closed the Laurel Gallery in 1950, Brandt opened her own gallery, The Grace Borgenicht Gallery, in May 1951.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> Her gallery focused on living American artists including [[Milton Avery]], [[Ilya Bolotowsky]], [[Jimmy Ernst]], [[Wolf Kahn]], [[Gabor Peterdi]], [[Leonard Baskin]], [[Edward Corbett (artist)|Edward Corbett]], and [[Ralston Crawford]].<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> She represented Avery until his death in 1965 and also represented [[Gertrude Greene]], [[José de Rivera]], [[Adja Yunkers]], [[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]] and [[Roy Gussow]]. In 1995, she closed her gallery.<ref name=NYTGBBObit />
She was born Grace Lubell on January 25, 1915, to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family in New York City.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> Her father Samuel L. Lubell founded the Bell Oil and Gas Company, an independent oil refiner in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]<ref name=NYTLubell /> and Lubell Brothers, a shirt manufacturer in New York City.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Samuel L. Lubell, Founded Shirt and Oil Companies|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 10, 1966 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/07/10/archives/samuel-l-lubell-founded-shirt-and-oil-companies.html}}</ref> She has two siblings: oil executive [[Benedict I. Lubell]] and Shirley Black Kash (formerly married to [[Eli M. Black]]).<ref name=NYTLubell>{{Cite news|title= Benedict I. Lubell, Tulsa Oil Executive And Arts Patron, 87 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 14, 1996 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/14/us/benedict-i-lubell-tulsa-oil-executive-and-arts-patron-87.html }}</ref><ref name=TW>{{Cite news|title=Funeral Services Set for Tulsa Arts Patron Benedict I. Lubell |newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]|date=December 14, 1996 |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/funeral-services-set-for-tulsa-arts-patron-benedict-i-lubell/article_4fafa1e2-d1ee-5ea8-8d41-d1a07c9a628e.html }}</ref> She attended [[Calhoun School]] and the [[New College, Teachers College, Columbia University|New College]] at [[Columbia University]]. In 1934, while still a student, she studied in the studio of the painter [[André L'Hote]] in Paris.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> After returning to New York, she studied printmaking at [[Stanley William Hayter]]'s [[Atelier 17]] and earned a M.A. in art education from Columbia.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> After school, she painted professionally, having her first solo show at Chris Ritter's Laurel Gallery in 1947 and later became one of Ritter's primary financial backers.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> After Ritter closed the Laurel Gallery in 1950, Brandt opened her own gallery, The Grace Borgenicht Gallery, in May 1951.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> Her gallery focused on living American artists including [[Milton Avery]], [[Ilya Bolotowsky]], [[Jimmy Ernst]], [[Wolf Kahn]], [[Gabor Peterdi]], [[Leonard Baskin]], [[Edward Corbett (artist)|Edward Corbett]], and [[Ralston Crawford]].<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> She represented Avery until his death in 1965 and also represented [[Gertrude Greene]], [[José de Rivera]], [[Adja Yunkers]], [[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]] and [[Roy Gussow]]. In 1995, she closed her gallery.<ref name=NYTGBBObit />


Although known as an art dealer, she continued to paint and showed he work in the 1954 Whitney Annual and had a solo show at the Martha Jackson Gallery in 1955.<ref name=NYTGBBObit />
Although known as an art dealer, she continued to paint and showed her work in the 1954 Whitney Annual and had a solo show at the [[Martha Jackson Gallery]] in 1955.<ref name=NYTGBBObit />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Brandt married thrice. In 1938, she married dress manufacturer [[Jack Borgenicht]]; they had three daughters before divorcing,<ref name=NYTGBBObit /><ref name=Asbury>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Grace Borgenicht Brandt, a New York art dealer and collector who specialized in contemporary American art, died Thursday of complications after a fall, her family said |publisher=[[Asbury Park Press]]|date=July 21, 2001 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/144860864/ |quote=She then married Jack Borgenicht, a dress manufacturer, with whom she had three daughters. Their marriage ended in divorce, as did a subsequent marriage to Norman Sachs Jr. }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Allison |last= Freehling|authorlink= |title=High Profile: Jack Borgenicht |publisher=[[Daily Press]]|date=January 1, 1996 |url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19960101-1996-01-01-9601010056-story.html |accessdate=}}</ref> Jan Borgenicht Schwartz, Berta Borgenicht Kerr, Lois Borgenicht.<ref name=NYTPaid>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Paid Notice: Deaths Brandt, Grace Borgenicht |publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 21, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/21/classified/paid-notice-deaths-brandt-grace-borgenicht.html |accessdate=}}</ref> Her second husband was Norman Sachs Jr.; they also divorced.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> In 1960, she married her third husband, artist [[Will Brandt]].<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> She had a stepdaughter, Isabella Brandt Johansen.<ref name=NYTPaid /> She lived in Manhattan and [[Watermill, New York]].<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> Brandt died in [[Manhattan]] on July 19, 2001 at the age of 86<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> after an accidental fall.<ref name=Asbury /> Services were held at the [[Riverside Memorial Chapel]].<ref name=NYTPaid />
Brandt married three times. In 1938, she married dress manufacturer [[Jack Borgenicht]]; they had three daughters before divorcing,<ref name=NYTGBBObit /><ref name=Asbury>{{Cite news|title=Grace Borgenicht Brandt, a New York art dealer and collector who specialized in contemporary American art, died Thursday of complications after a fall, her family said |newspaper=[[Asbury Park Press]]|date=July 21, 2001 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/144860864/ |quote=She then married Jack Borgenicht, a dress manufacturer, with whom she had three daughters. Their marriage ended in divorce, as did a subsequent marriage to Norman Sachs Jr. }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Allison |last= Freehling|title=High Profile: Jack Borgenicht |newspaper=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]]|date=January 1, 1996 |url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19960101-1996-01-01-9601010056-story.html }}</ref> Jan Borgenicht Schwartz, Berta Borgenicht Kerr, and Lois Borgenicht.<ref name=NYTPaid>{{Cite news|title=Paid Notice: Deaths Brandt, Grace Borgenicht |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 21, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/21/classified/paid-notice-deaths-brandt-grace-borgenicht.html }}</ref> (Jack would go on to have seven more children including artist [[Ruth Borgenicht]]).<ref>{{Cite news|title= Jacob 'Jack' Borgenicht, 93, businessman, preservationist|newspaper=New Jersey Hills Media Group|date=September 1, 2015 |url= https://www.newjerseyhills.com/jacob-jack-borgenicht-businessman-preservationist/article_d7c705e0-dab9-5257-b066-c7ca5cfca113.html }}</ref> Her second husband was Norman Sachs Jr.; they also divorced.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> In 1960, she married her third husband, artist Warren Brandt.<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> She had a stepdaughter, Isabella Brandt Johansen<ref name=NYTPaid /> She lived in Manhattan and [[Watermill, New York]].<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> Brandt died in [[Manhattan]] on July 19, 2001, at the age of 86<ref name=NYTGBBObit /> after an accidental fall.<ref name=Asbury /> Services were held at the [[Riverside Memorial Chapel]].<ref name=NYTPaid />


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Revision as of 19:50, 16 December 2023

Grace Borgenicht Brandt
Born
Grace Lubell

January 25, 1915
New York City, US
DiedJuly 19, 2001 (age 86)
New York City, US
EducationB.A. and M.A. Columbia University
Occupation(s)Art dealer
Painter
Spouse(s)Jack Borgenicht (divorced)
Norman Sachs Jr. (divorced)
Warren Brandt
Children3 with Borgenicht
FamilyBenedict I. Lubell (brother)
Orin Kerr (grandson)
Eli M. Black (brother-in-law)
Leon Black (nephew)

Grace Borgenicht Brandt (January 25, 1915 – July 19, 2001) was an American art dealer.[1]

Biography

She was born Grace Lubell on January 25, 1915, to a Jewish family in New York City.[1] Her father Samuel L. Lubell founded the Bell Oil and Gas Company, an independent oil refiner in Tulsa, Oklahoma[2] and Lubell Brothers, a shirt manufacturer in New York City.[3] She has two siblings: oil executive Benedict I. Lubell and Shirley Black Kash (formerly married to Eli M. Black).[2][4] She attended Calhoun School and the New College at Columbia University. In 1934, while still a student, she studied in the studio of the painter André L'Hote in Paris.[1] After returning to New York, she studied printmaking at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17 and earned a M.A. in art education from Columbia.[1] After school, she painted professionally, having her first solo show at Chris Ritter's Laurel Gallery in 1947 and later became one of Ritter's primary financial backers.[1] After Ritter closed the Laurel Gallery in 1950, Brandt opened her own gallery, The Grace Borgenicht Gallery, in May 1951.[1] Her gallery focused on living American artists including Milton Avery, Ilya Bolotowsky, Jimmy Ernst, Wolf Kahn, Gabor Peterdi, Leonard Baskin, Edward Corbett, and Ralston Crawford.[1] She represented Avery until his death in 1965 and also represented Gertrude Greene, José de Rivera, Adja Yunkers, James Brooks and Roy Gussow. In 1995, she closed her gallery.[1]

Although known as an art dealer, she continued to paint and showed her work in the 1954 Whitney Annual and had a solo show at the Martha Jackson Gallery in 1955.[1]

Personal life

Brandt married three times. In 1938, she married dress manufacturer Jack Borgenicht; they had three daughters before divorcing,[1][5][6] Jan Borgenicht Schwartz, Berta Borgenicht Kerr, and Lois Borgenicht.[7] (Jack would go on to have seven more children including artist Ruth Borgenicht).[8] Her second husband was Norman Sachs Jr.; they also divorced.[1] In 1960, she married her third husband, artist Warren Brandt.[1] She had a stepdaughter, Isabella Brandt Johansen[7] She lived in Manhattan and Watermill, New York.[1] Brandt died in Manhattan on July 19, 2001, at the age of 86[1] after an accidental fall.[5] Services were held at the Riverside Memorial Chapel.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Smith, Roberta (July 21, 2001). "Grace Borgenicht Brandt, 86, New York Art Dealer, Dies". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b "Benedict I. Lubell, Tulsa Oil Executive And Arts Patron, 87". The New York Times. December 14, 1996.
  3. ^ "Samuel L. Lubell, Founded Shirt and Oil Companies". The New York Times. July 10, 1966.
  4. ^ "Funeral Services Set for Tulsa Arts Patron Benedict I. Lubell". Tulsa World. December 14, 1996.
  5. ^ a b "Grace Borgenicht Brandt, a New York art dealer and collector who specialized in contemporary American art, died Thursday of complications after a fall, her family said". Asbury Park Press. July 21, 2001. She then married Jack Borgenicht, a dress manufacturer, with whom she had three daughters. Their marriage ended in divorce, as did a subsequent marriage to Norman Sachs Jr.
  6. ^ Freehling, Allison (January 1, 1996). "High Profile: Jack Borgenicht". Daily Press.
  7. ^ a b c "Paid Notice: Deaths Brandt, Grace Borgenicht". The New York Times. July 21, 2001.
  8. ^ "Jacob 'Jack' Borgenicht, 93, businessman, preservationist". New Jersey Hills Media Group. September 1, 2015.
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