Gottlieb Reber

Study of Gottlieb Reber by Max Beckmann, 1928.

Gottlieb Friedrich Reber (1880-1959) was a German art collector and dealer who was involved with the trade in looted art during the Second World War.[1][2][3]

Early life

Reber was born in Oerlinghausen. He married Erna Sander 1906, the daughter of a textile manufacturer from Barmen.

Art dealing

From 1930-34 Walter Hofer worked with Reber.

In 1943, Reber's German citizenship was revoked for activity in Freemasonry.

Later life

He died in Lausanne in 1959.

References

  1. ↑ Post-War Reports: Art Looting Intelligence Unit (ALIU) Reports 1945-1946 and ALIU Red Flag Names List and Index. lootedart.com Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Rewald, Sabine. (2006). Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-58839-200-8.
  3. ↑ Petropoulos, Jonathan. (1996). Art as Politics in the Third Reich. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-8078-4809-8.