Guido Arnot, artist and art dealer from Vienna Austria.
Marcus Arnot, first generation of Arnot art dealers opened his gallery in Vienna in 1863. Marcus Arnot was a framer and a pioneer who conceived the idea of selling art to the trade in as well selling via gallery to the public.
Guido Arnot, one of three sons of Marcus Arnot, was one of the first art dealers in Vienna who sustained a committed interest in Schiele’s art, which he began buying in 1912. In 1914 he mounted an exhibition of Schiele’s work and a smaller exhibition followed until 1918, the year of Schiele’s death. Guido Arnot was also an artist himself, and painted the oil painting of his father, Marcus, as shown above.
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