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German collector and patron. In 1945 he studied law at Bonn University and from 1946 to 1950 art history, archaeology, ancient history and philosophy at Mainz University. In 1950 he wrote his doctoral dissertation on Das Menschenbild Picassos als Ausdruck eines generationsmässig bedingten Lebensgefühls. The following year he married Irene Monheim. In his commercial career he began as managing director of the firm of Leonhard Monheim in ...