André Emmerich

André Emmerich (October 11, 1924 – September 25, 2007) was a German-born American gallerist who specialized in the color field school and pre-Columbian art while also taking on artists such as David Hockney and John D. Graham.

Early life and education Emmerich was born in Frankfurt, Germany, to Lily (née Marx) and Hugo Emmerich. His grandfather was an art dealer who collected for J. P. Morgan. His Jewish family fled to Amsterdam when he was seven.

Art dealer Robert Motherwell introduced Emmerich to "the small group of eccentric painters we now know as the New York Abstract Expressionist School". During the second half of the 20th century the Emmerich Gallery was located in New York City and since 1959 in the Fuller Building at 41 East 57th Street and in the 1970s also at 420 West Broadway in Manhattan and in Zürich, Switzerland.

Between 1982 and 1996, Emmerich ran a 150-acre sculpture park called Top Gallant in Pawling, New York, on his country estate that once was a Quaker farm.

In 1996, Sotheby's bought the Andre Emmerich Gallery, with the aim of handling artists' estates. One year later the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, the main beneficiary of the Albers' estates, did not renew its three-year contract. The gallery was eventually closed by Sotheby's in 1998.

Personal life Emmerich had three children with his first wife Constance Marantz. His sons are: Adam Emmerich, a lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, producer Toby Emmerich, and actor Noah Emmerich. He died following a stroke in Manhattan on September 25, 2007, aged 82.

Legacy André Emmerich's papers and gallery records were donated to the Archives of American Art between 1999 and 2002. Two additional accretions were donated by Emmerich's wife Susanne in 2008 and 2009, and another by James Yohe, Emmerich's former business partner, in 2009.