Friends Event: A Visit to Katrin Bellinger's Private Collection in Notting Hill

Fascinated with the artistic process and the mystique surrounding it, Katrin Bellinger has chosen to focus on one theme: the artist at work. Since then her collection has expanded considerably and now includes over 1800 examples in a range of media – drawings, paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture – from the Renaissance to the present day.

Among the artists represented are Parmigianino, Rembrandt, Watteau, Tiepolo, Ingres, Daumier, Seurat, Ensor, and Freud to name but a few.   You may have come across her collection , as last year, Katrin Bellinger loaned works to the show “Absent Artists” at Charleston House in Sussex, and to the exhibition “A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920–2022” at Whitechapel Gallery in London.  Where “Absent Artists”—which included Bellinger’s works by Annie Leibovitz, David Hockney, and Phyllida Barlow—showcased images of the artist’s studio (without the artist present), “A Century of the Artist’s Studio” included over 100 years of artworks that focus on artists’ creative pursuits.

About Katrin Bellinger

Katrin Bellinger dealt in Old Master drawings for 30 years and was a partner at Colnaghi until the Gallery was sold in 2015. She is a Trustee of the National Gallery and sits on the Board of the Tate.

Read more on Katrin Bellinger and her interests here and her website: www.katrinbellingercollection.com

Event organiser: Sally Knowles