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Thomas Ammann
Thomas E. Ammann (February 2, 1950 – June 9, 1993) was a leading Swiss art dealer and collector. Regarded as the leading dealer of his generation, he specialized in Impressionism and 20th-century art. He was also a collector of post-war and contemporary art. In recognition of his exquisite sense of style, he was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List in 1988.
Thomas Ammann was born on February 2, 1950 in Ermatingen, Switzerland to a conservative Swiss-German family. He had three older sisters: Eveline, Doris (1944–2021), and Susan. His parents operated a transport business and had little interest in art.
Ammann developed a love of art at a young age, and by the time he was eight years old, he was routinely duplicating Vincent van Gogh's paintings.
As a teenager, Ammann became interested in collecting art. He had been enthralled with Appenzell folk art. Particularly the little pieces created by traveling painters that farmers in the 19th century would carry to their cottages in the alpine meadows where they would spend the summer. Thomas started buying items from farmers, and this piqued his attention more than attending school.
At the age of 18, he went to work at Swiss art dealer Bruno Bischofberger's gallery in Zurich. Although Amann started off working in the folk art section of Bischofberger's establishment, he eventually shifted to the contemporary art section. He frequently traveled to New York, where he formed friendships with notable figures in the art world.
In 1977, Ammann went into the art business for himself and founded the Thomas Ammann Fine Art with his sister Doris Ammann. He also initiated the Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné in 1977. Ammann became a close friend of pop artist Andy Warhol. He would take Warhol to gay bars during his visits to Zurich.
His combination of knowledge, eye for quality, charm, humor, looks, and discretion took him to the top of the art world by his mid-30s. He was frequently listed as one of the best-dressed men in the world. In 1988, a feature of him in Vanity Fair with the heading "Ammann of Style" stated that he "skis with Valentino, dines with Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor… and lives on Concorde."
Ammann died on June 9, 1993, at the age of 43, of an AIDS related illness at the Bircher-Benner Clinic in Zurich. A memorial service was held at the Church of St. Peter in Zurich. Another memorial service was held at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City on November 18, 1993, with speakers Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Thomas Krens, William H. Luers, Ernst Beyeler, Robert Wilson, Bob Colacello, Bianca Jagger, and artists Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, and Eric Fischl.[citation needed]
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Thomas Ammann
Thomas E. Ammann (February 2, 1950 – June 9, 1993) was a leading Swiss art dealer and collector. Regarded as the leading dealer of his generation, he specialized in Impressionism and 20th-century art. He was also a collector of post-war and contemporary art. In recognition of his exquisite sense of style, he was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List in 1988.
Thomas Ammann was born on February 2, 1950 in Ermatingen, Switzerland to a conservative Swiss-German family. He had three older sisters: Eveline, Doris (1944–2021), and Susan. His parents operated a transport business and had little interest in art.
Ammann developed a love of art at a young age, and by the time he was eight years old, he was routinely duplicating Vincent van Gogh's paintings.
As a teenager, Ammann became interested in collecting art. He had been enthralled with Appenzell folk art. Particularly the little pieces created by traveling painters that farmers in the 19th century would carry to their cottages in the alpine meadows where they would spend the summer. Thomas started buying items from farmers, and this piqued his attention more than attending school.
At the age of 18, he went to work at Swiss art dealer Bruno Bischofberger's gallery in Zurich. Although Amann started off working in the folk art section of Bischofberger's establishment, he eventually shifted to the contemporary art section. He frequently traveled to New York, where he formed friendships with notable figures in the art world.
In 1977, Ammann went into the art business for himself and founded the Thomas Ammann Fine Art with his sister Doris Ammann. He also initiated the Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné in 1977. Ammann became a close friend of pop artist Andy Warhol. He would take Warhol to gay bars during his visits to Zurich.
His combination of knowledge, eye for quality, charm, humor, looks, and discretion took him to the top of the art world by his mid-30s. He was frequently listed as one of the best-dressed men in the world. In 1988, a feature of him in Vanity Fair with the heading "Ammann of Style" stated that he "skis with Valentino, dines with Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor… and lives on Concorde."
Ammann died on June 9, 1993, at the age of 43, of an AIDS related illness at the Bircher-Benner Clinic in Zurich. A memorial service was held at the Church of St. Peter in Zurich. Another memorial service was held at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City on November 18, 1993, with speakers Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Thomas Krens, William H. Luers, Ernst Beyeler, Robert Wilson, Bob Colacello, Bianca Jagger, and artists Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, and Eric Fischl.[citation needed]
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