Katrin Bellinger

Katrin Bellinger was born in October 1958.[1] Her family owned a chain of department stores.[2]

Bellinger is an art dealer and collector, specialising in Old Master drawings.[3]

Bellinger was a partner at London art dealers Colnaghi for thirteen years, until the company was merged with Spanish gallery Coll & Cortez in 2015.[4] 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.[2] In 2001, she founded the Tavolozza Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Munich.[5]

In March 2016, Bellinger was appointed a trustee of the National Gallery, for four years, from 29 March 2016.[4]

Bellinger resides in London, England and Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado, and is married to Christoph Henkel, a billionaire businessman.[3] They have two sons.[6]