At 05:00 PM 10/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
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>It is with great sadness that I let you know that my mother, Ilse Bernett,
>passed away on September 19, 2000. Along with her husband, Frederick, she
>founded F. A. Bernett Books, specializing in out-of-print and rare art and
>architecture books, in 1944.
>
>She was born and raised in Berlin. After attending the University of
>Heidelberg, Ilse received her PhD. from the University of Berlin in 1936.
>Her thesis is cited by britannica.com in the bibliography of the painter,
>Mantegna: "Ilse Blum. Andrea Mantegna und die Antike is a thorough analysis
>of the appearance of antique motifs in Mantegna's work with identification
>of his sources. There is some subsequent work on this aspect in English but
>none supplanting this."
>
>Leaving Berlin in the 30's, she went to Paris, where she worked in an art
>gallery and in 1938 married Frederick. In 1941, they arrived in New York
>and soon after, with both their backgrounds in art history, founded the
>firm. They were charter members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
>of America and played active roles in the association for many years.
>Numbered among their friends were many booksellers both here and abroad.
>They made regular trips to Europe where they were able to combine their
>search for books with the pleasures of European travel.
>
>Ilse led a very active life outside the booktrade. In addition to my
>brother, Tim, she had two grandchildren. She loved to cook and entertained
>frequently. She read voraciously, loved music and was an avid concert and
>opera-goer. She traveled widely and enjoyed it all whether to Europe, the
>Western United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, or Wellfleet on Cape Cod where
>she loved to summer.
>
>By establishing this business, she gave me a wonderful opportunity for which
>I have always been grateful. She was a marvelous person in every way and I
>will miss her.
>
>Peter Bernett
>F. A. Bernett Inc.
>Boston, MA
Ilse Bernett will be sorely missed. She was a grand and kindly lady who
happened to purchase the very first antiquarian book I sold.
My sympathies to all of her family, friends and colleagues.
Andy Cahan
Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd.
3000 Blueberry Lane
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-968-0538
fax 919-968-3517
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