Background
Hess, Donald Marc was born on August 3, 1936 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Hector Albert and Louise (McNeir) Hess.
(Swiss businessman and wine producer Donald M. Hess is als...)
Swiss businessman and wine producer Donald M. Hess is also the founder of the Hess Art Collection, one of the world's most important private holdings of contemporary art, which are in large part open to the public in the museums of the Hess wineries at Napa, California, Glen Carlou in Paarl, South Africa and Bodega Colomé in Calchaquí Valley, Argentina. (A fourth museum is being planned at the Peter Lehmann Winery, in Barossa Valley, Australia.) This volume evidences Hess's eye for quality with its judicious selection of over 40 years of important works by such established artists as Robert Motherwell, Francis Bacon, Anselm Kiefer and Franz Gretsch, as well as those who are perhaps less well known, including Magdalena Abkowitz and Leopoldo Maler. The eclecticism of Hess's taste means that perusing this copiously illustrated collection throws up many happy discoveries.
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Contents Foreword Introduction Artist's Statement Biography Paintings & Watercolours 1970-1986 Woodcuts 1986-1995 Paintings on paper 1993-1995, Solo Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Museum Collections Literature N. Gramaccini Photocredits Imprint
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Hess, Donald Marc was born on August 3, 1936 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Hector Albert and Louise (McNeir) Hess.
Ecole Superieure De Commerce, Neuchatel University. Brewmaster, Doemens, Munich, 1957.
President Steinholzli Brewery, Bern, 1957-1968. Chairman Hess Holding, since 1968. Chairman Valser Mineral Water, Ltd., Vals, Switzerland, Hess Ltd., Bern, Blue Lake, Ltd., Blausee, Switzerland, Hess International, V.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Chief Executive Officer The Hess Collection Winery, Napa, California. Board directors Kambly Bisquits, Ltd., Trubschachen, Switzerland, since 1988, Hess Art Collection Ltd., Bern, since 1998. Founder Hess Collection Contemporary Art Museum, Napa, California, since 1989, Hess Collection Art Exbhn.
Space at Vinopolis-City of Wine, 1 Bank End, London, since 1999.
(Contents Foreword Introduction Artist's Statement Biograp...)
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Co-founder Kunst Heute Foundation, Bern, 1982. Founder Naca (California) Contemporary Arts Foundation, 1988. President, mem Executive Committee International GreenCross Switzerland, 1994-1996.
Son of Hector Albert and Louise (McNeir) Hess. Divorced; 1 child, Alexandra.