Manfred H. Grieb (6 February 1933 – 20 February 2012) what a German entrepreneur and

art collector A private collection is a privately owned collection of works (usually artworks) or valuable items. In a museum or art gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual ...

as well as the editor of the ''

Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon The ''Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon'' with the undertitle ''Bildende Kunst, Kunsthandwerker, Gelehrte, Sammler, Kulturschaffende und Mäzene vom 12. bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts'' is a biographical dictionary on the art of the city Nuremberg ...

''.

Life

Born in

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...

, Grieb completed a commercial apprenticeship from 1947 to 1950 and learned foreign languages at language institutes and as a guest student at the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. Founded in 1402, it is one of the ol ...

. From 1951 to 1969 he worked as an employed merchant in Germany and South America. In 1969 he started

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with a small chain of shops and a printing shop for greeting cards, gift articles, stationery and others (company "karten-vitrine"). After the sale of his company in 1992, he worked as an art collector (Nuremberg city views) and

gallery owner An art dealer is a person or company that buys and sells Work of art, works of art, or acts as the intermediary between the buyers and sellers of art. An art dealer in contemporary art typically seeks out various artists to represent, and build ...

. ("Fränkische Bilder-Galerie Grieb & Popp OHG") and worked on the four-volume ''

'' with over 20,000 entries, which quickly became a standard work on the history of the city of Nuremberg after its publication in 2007. The work is also criticized for its omissions among artists with a National Socialist past. In 1996 Grieb became a member of the

Pegnesischer Blumenorden The (English: Pegnitz Flower Society; Latin: ; abbr. P.Bl.O.) is a German literary society that was founded in Nuremberg in 1644. It is the sole Baroque literary society that remains active today. The name derived from the river Pegnitz, which fl ...

. From 2000 to 2008 he was its vice-president, and in 2007 he was awarded the Cross of Honour of the Blumenorden for this. In 2009 he founded a support association for the establishment of a cultural history museum in Nuremberg.Nachrichten
Blumenorden, 2012. Grieb died in

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

at age 79. He was buried at the Johannisfriedhof in Nürnberg.

Publications

* (Editor): ''

''. Bildende Künstler, Kunsthandwerker, Gelehrte, Sammler, Kulturschaffende und Mäzene vom 12. bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. 4 volumes, Saur, Munich 2007, .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grieb, Manfred H. German art dealers 20th-century German art collectors German patrons of the arts 20th-century German businesspeople German magazine editors 1933 births 2012 deaths Businesspeople from Würzburg