Bernard Lewin

Bernard Lewin

Bernard Lewin (September 30, 1906 – January 30, 2003) was a German-born American citizen who amassed the largest private collection of modern Mexican art in the world. Prior to his death in 2003, Lewin and his wife Edith donated more than 2,000 works of art to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Lewin was a personal friend of Rufino Tamayo and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Lewin's collection included the only portrait of Frida Kahlo by Diego Rivera that was not part of mural. Other works donated to the Los Angeles County Museum included Carlos Merida, Jose Clemente Orozco, Rafael Coronel, and Francisco Zuniga.

External links

* [http://www.lacma.org/art/perm_col/Lewin/lewinhome.htm Lewin permanent collection at LACMA]
* [http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles1998/Articles0198/LewinCollection.html Art Scene California article on the Lewin Collection]
* [http://www.mexicanmuseum.org/membership/article_news.asp?articlekey=215&language=english Mexican Museum article]
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2058599/entry/34629/ Slate article]


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