Frederick Mulder

Frederick Mulder CBE is a Canadian-British art dealer and philanthropist who resides in Totnes, Devon. He is the founder of the Frederick Mulder Foundation, The Funding Network, and Frederick Mulder Ltd.

Early life and education Frederick Mulder was born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada in 1943. His father was a soldier who was wounded in France during action in World War II and later died in a British hospital. His mother remarried when he was nine years old, and he grew up in Eston, Saskatchewan.

He later earned his bachelor's degree in English at the University of Saskatchewan, graduating in 1964. For graduate school, he attended Brown University, earning both a Master's degree and a PhD in Philosophy. For his doctorate, he worked under the supervision of a University of Oxford professor and wrote his dissertation at the English university in 1968.

Career After earning his doctorate, Mulder became a private art dealer specializing in European printmaking between 1470 and 1970, and in 1972 went to work for the London art dealership, Colnaghi, owned at the time by Jacob Rothschild. In 1988, Mulder met Pablo Picasso's linocut printer, Hidalgo Arnera. Over the years, Mulder formed a professional relationship with Arnera and after Arnera's death in 2006, Mulder purchased some of his private collection and archives, including his archives of Picasso linocuts.

In 1986, Mulder founded the Frederick Mulder Charitable Trust (later renamed Frederick Mulder Foundation in 2014), a charitable trust that focuses on combating climate change and global poverty.

Recognition and awards In 2005, The Beacon Fellowship awarded Mulder with the Judges' Special Beacon Prize for his philanthropic work. In 2008, The Independent listed him among "Britain's leading philanthropists." He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 for services to philanthropy. In 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Saskatchewan.