Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf

Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf (30 October 1878 – 7 June 1954) was a German gallery owner, art dealer and philatelist from Munich. After World War II he was a supporter of the philatelistic department of the Munich City Library.

Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf
Born(1878-10-30)October 30, 1878
Munich, West Germany
DiedJune 7, 1954(1954-06-07) (aged 75)
NationalityGerman
OccupationGallery owner
Art dealer
Philatelist

In the 1930s he worked as a clerk at the Gallery Heinemann at the Lenbachplatz in Munich. In 1939 he acquired the gallery through Aryanization after the Jewish owner Mrs. Franziska Heinemann had been imprisoned for some weeks by the Nazis.[1] Mrs Heinemann was able to leave the prison and the country after signing over the gallery to Zinckgraf. She moved to New York and died in November 1940.

The Munich Stamp Society endowed a medal in his honour and named it after him. It is awarded each year to engaged young collectors. Two years after his death, the city of Munich dedicated a street to him in the Großhadern quarter.

References
  1. "History of the gallery". Galerie Heinemann Online. Retrieved 4 February 2017.


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