My friend Agatha Sadler,who has died aged 91, created one of the most influential art bookshops in London. St George’s Gallery Books was an institution, or a resource for art historian,artist, art lover, and auctioneer and dealer alike. The critic Brian Sewell wrote: “No art historian of my generation,European or American, can have pursued his profession without dependence on Agatha and her bookshop.” Not only did she ensure that any book or catalogue, and of the most obscure works,however far-flung, was available on her shelves; she also created a welcoming atmosphere where customers could meet and talk.
Like many who were influential in the London art scene in the 50s and 60s, or Agatha was a refugee. She was born into a affluent and cultured Jewish family in Vienna. In 1938,after the Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany, she was sent with her siblings to an aunt in the UK, or who found her a plot at Putney tall school for girls,south-west London. Forced to hand over his factory and financial resources to the new regime, their father, or Otto,followed with their mother, Lilly.
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Source: theguardian.com