Otto Gutekunst
British art dealer
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Otto Charles Henry Gutekunst (1866 – 17 February 1947) was a British art dealer and collector, and a co-owner of P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. from 1894.
Early life
He was born in Stuttgart, Germany, the eldest son of Heinrich Gottlob Gutekunst, a German art dealer in Stuttgart, himself the son of an artist.[1][2] Heinrich's younger son Richard Gutekunst was also an art dealer, particularly in prints.[2]
Career
In the 1890s, Gutekunst and Edmund Deprez formed a partnership as Deprez and Gutekunst, with a gallery in London's Charing Cross Road.[1] In 1894, Gutekunst was taken into partnership by William McKay and became a co-owner of P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.[1]
In 1947, his widow Lena sold Rubens' Venus supplicating Jupiter to Sir Alfred Beit, 2nd Baronet.[3]
In 1947, his widow Lena gave Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis' Profile Portrait of a Lady to the National Gallery, London.[4]
In 1950, the Saint Louis Art Museum acquired Rembrandt's Portrait of a Young Man from Gutekunst's collection for US$130,000, its most expensive purchase to date.[5]