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Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (25 June 1884 - 11 January 1979), was a German-born art historian, art collector, and one of the premier French art dealers of the 20th century. He became prominent as an art gallery owner in Paris beginning in 1907 and he was among the first champions of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Cubism.

Kahnweiler is considered one of the major dealers and spokesmen for Cubism.

He was among the first people to recognize the importance and beauty of Picasso's Les Demoiselles D'Avignon, immediately wanting to buy it and all of Picasso's works. Picasso wrote of Kahnweiler What would have become of us if Kahnweiler hadn't had a business sense?

– compelling because at the time of the origination of his most famous works Picasso was largely unknown as an artist and destitute.[1]

Kahnweiler supported in his gallery all of his great artists of the time; who had no audience, or collectors, - initial purchases included works by Kees van Dongen, André Derain, Fernand Lé