Katrin Bellinger
Katrin Bellinger is a London-based German art dealer and collector, specialising in Old Master drawings.Early life
Katrin Bellinger was born in October 1958. Her family owned a chain of department stores.Career
Bellinger is an art dealer and collector, specialising in Old Master drawings.
Bellinger was a partner at London art dealers Colnaghi for 13 years, until the company was merged with Spanish gallery Coll & Cortez in 2015. One of Bellinger’s primary roles was managing its art library and 225-foot archive, which she and her partner Konrad Bernheimer bought from Christoph Graf Douglas, the former head of Sotheby’s in Germany and the son-in-law of Rudolf August Oetker, whose company owned Colnaghi between Jacob Rothschild and Bernheimer.
In addition to her professional career in the arts, Bellinger assembled a private collection of more than 900 works, including paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures. In 2001, she founded the Tavolozza Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Munich.
In March 2016, Bellinger was appointed a trustee of the National Gallery, for four years, from 29 March 2016.Personal life
Bellinger resides in London, England and Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado, and is married to Christoph Henkel, a businessman.
