Bernard Lewin was a German-born American citizen who amassed the largest private collection of modern Mexican art in the world. Prior to his death in 2002, Lewin and his wife Edith donated more than 2,000 works of art to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Lewin was a personal friend of Rufino Tamayo and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Lewin's collection included the only portrait of Frida Kahlo by Diego Rivera that was not part of mural. Other works donated to the Los Angeles County Museum included Carlos Merida, Jose Clemente Orozco, Rafael Coronel, and Francisco Zuniga.

External links

• Lewin permanent collection at LACMA
• Art Scene California article on the Lewin Collection
• Mexican Museum article
• Slate article

American art collectors | People from the Greater Los Angeles Area