Galerie St. Etienne, Modern art gallery at West 57th Street, Manhattan, United States.
Galerie St. Etienne is an art gallery in Manhattan that specialized in Austrian and German Expressionist works. It exhibited artists including Max Beckmann, Gustav Klimt, and Egon Schiele, along with American folk artist Grandma Moses.
Otto Kallir founded this space in 1939 after leaving Nazi-occupied Austria, first operating from Paris before moving to New York. The relocation established an important presence for European Modernist art in the American market.
The gallery introduced New York audiences to Austrian and German Expressionist art during the twentieth century. Its early support for Grandma Moses helped place folk art within serious contemporary art discussions.
The space has operated as an art advisory service since 2020, so it functions differently from a traditional gallery with regular exhibitions. Its archives and collections were moved to the Kallir Research Institute, where materials are available for research and authentication purposes.
Otto Kallir left his aeronautical engineering studies in Vienna due to discrimination, eventually pursuing art dealing instead. This personal turning point ultimately led to building a business that shaped American art appreciation for decades.
Inception: 1939
Founders: Otto Kallir
Website: https://gseart.com
GPS coordinates: 40.76342,-73.97558
Latest update: December 12, 2025 09:08
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