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Sep 30, 1906 Died on 30 Jan 2003 (aged 96)
American art collector
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About 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 worth over $25 million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- Lewin was a personal friend of Federico Cantu 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 Mérida, José Clemente Orozco, Rafael Coronel, and Francisco Zúñiga.
