Bruno Bischofberger (born 1940) is an art dealer and gallerist from Zurich, Switzerland.
In 1963 Bischofberger opened his first gallery in Zurich. In 1965 he held an exhibition of American pop artists including: Andy Warhol,Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Tom Wesselman and Claes Oldenburg. In 1968 “First right of refusal” contract with Andy Warhol which lasts until the artists death in 1987.
In 1969 Bischofberger co-founded I...
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Bruno Bischofberger (born 1940) is an art dealer and gallerist from Zurich, Switzerland.
In 1963 Bischofberger opened his first gallery in Zurich. In 1965 he held an exhibition of American pop artists including: Andy Warhol,Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Tom Wesselman and Claes Oldenburg. In 1968 “First right of refusal” contract with Andy Warhol which lasts until the artists death in 1987.
In 1969 Bischofberger co-founded Interview Magazine with Andy Warhol and 1970 produced Warhol's movie “L‘Amour“.
He commissions workseries from Warhol such as the „Maos“ in 1971, the „Children Paintings“ in 1982 and the „Collaboration Paintings“ by Warhol Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente in 1984.
In the late 60s and early 70s, Bischofberger organized Pop-Art exhibitions, but also showed artists of the Nouveau Réalisme style such as Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely (later Bischofberger publishes Tinguelys Catalogue Raisonné). In 1966 he is the first to show works by...
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