Hildegard Bachert

Hildegard Bachert
Born(1921-04-03)April 3, 1921
Mannheim, Germany
DiedOctober 17, 2019(2019-10-17) (aged 98)
Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S.
OccupationArt gallery director
Years active1940–2019
EmployerGalerie St. Etienne

Hildegard Bachert (April 3, 1921 – October 17, 2019) was a German-born American art dealer and gallery director. Born in Mannheim, Germany in 1921, Bachert moved to America in 1936 to seek refuge from the Nazi regime. In 1940, she began working at the Galerie St. Etienne, a Manhattan gallery specializing in Austrian and German expressionist art, where she worked until her death.

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