Pauline Vogelpoel
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Pauline Vogelpoel MBE
(24 April 1926 in Lourenço Marques
, Portuguese East Africa
– 22 December 2002 in Basle, Switzerland) was a South African arts administrator. She was educated at both Herschel Girls' School and Rustenburg Girls' School
in Cape Town
and received a degree in Fine Art
from the University of Cape Town
. She became engaged to a Rhodesian, Buster St Quinton, an aide to the Governor Sir Godfrey Huggins. In 1950, she followed her brother Louis
, a cardiologist and a world expert on wild flowers with an orchid named after him, to London. Beatrice Janice introduced her to the Art Institute of Chicago
and got her a job in New York helping Douglas McCaigie of the Museum of Modern Art
. She joined the Contemporary Art Society as Organising Secretary in 1954, becoming Director in 1976. In 1975, she married the banker David Mann. In 1982 he joined a private bank in Basle] and she left her job at the Contemporary Art Society to move to Switzerland with him. She became the Zurich
editor of Harpers and Queen magazine. In 1997 she joined the International Council of the Tate Gallery
. She recorded her memories for the National Sound Archive's Artists' Lives project at the British Library Sound Archive
. She received an MBE
in 1962.
She died of a brain tumour in Basle on December 22, 2002, aged 76.
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
(24 April 1926 in Lourenço Marques
Maputo
Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its...
, Portuguese East Africa
Portuguese East Africa
Mozambique or Portuguese East Africa was the common name by which the Portuguese Empire's territorial expansion in East Africa was known across different periods of time...
– 22 December 2002 in Basle, Switzerland) was a South African arts administrator. She was educated at both Herschel Girls' School and Rustenburg Girls' School
Rustenburg School for Girls
Rustenburg Girls' High School and Rustenburg Junior School make up a prestigious public school situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa...
in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
and received a degree in Fine Art
Fine art
Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....
from the University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa.-History:The roots of...
. She became engaged to a Rhodesian, Buster St Quinton, an aide to the Governor Sir Godfrey Huggins. In 1950, she followed her brother Louis
Louis Vogelpoel
Louis Vogelpoel was a South African general physician, cardiologist and horticultural scientist. He was a "world expert on wild flowers with an orchid named after him"...
, a cardiologist and a world expert on wild flowers with an orchid named after him, to London. Beatrice Janice introduced her to the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
and got her a job in New York helping Douglas McCaigie of the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
. She joined the Contemporary Art Society as Organising Secretary in 1954, becoming Director in 1976. In 1975, she married the banker David Mann. In 1982 he joined a private bank in Basle] and she left her job at the Contemporary Art Society to move to Switzerland with him. She became the Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
editor of Harpers and Queen magazine. In 1997 she joined the International Council of the Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
The Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
. She recorded her memories for the National Sound Archive's Artists' Lives project at the British Library Sound Archive
British Library Sound Archive
The British Library Sound Archive in London, England is one of the largest collections of recorded sound in the world, including music, spoken word and ambient recordings....
. She received an MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
in 1962.
She died of a brain tumour in Basle on December 22, 2002, aged 76.