Mr. Edward Fritzi holds over 40 years experience
as an international art dealer, appraiser, restorer, and expert
witness on art related matters. Listed
in the National Registry of Who's Who, Mr. Fritzi
buys, sells, appraises, and restores fine works of art including
Old Masters, Impressionists, and Moderns for discerning
collectors and institutions around the world.
Until 1976, Mr. Fritzi maintained a home in
Pebble Beach, California where he founded Wortsman Rowe Gallery
in San Francisco. Thereafter, he moved to Beverly Hills,
California. There he brokered art to private clients and museums
including the Palace of the Legion of Honor (San Francisco), the
Louvre (Paris), the Getty Museum (California), the Crocker
Museum (California), the Norton Simon Museum, the Foret Museum
in Paris, the Renoir Family Museum, and the Art Institute of
Chicago.
In 1984, Mr. Fritzi founded and directed the
Atlanta Art Gallery for over fifteen years. In 2001, he
relocated to historic Madison, Georgia, where he appraises,
restores, and brokers fine art.
Past and present clients include Dr. Armand
Hammer of Knoedler Gallery, B. Gerald Cantor (Rodin Collection),
Lady Epstein, Lord Admiral Casper John, Herb Alpert, Steve
Martin, Barbara Streisand, Burt Reynolds, Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Productions, Walt Disney Productions, and Prince Rainer of
Monaco, among others.
An expert appraiser for over 40 years, Mr. Fritzi
combines the latest computerized data on international sales
with extensive experience as a court certified art expert
witness for attorneys and insurance companies including Chubb.
Allstate, and Travelers. And he provides art restoration
services to professional damage control specialists including
ServPro and Service Master. In his home state, Mr. Fritzi has
appraised art for established institutions including the High
Art Museum of Atlanta, the Atlanta Historical Society, C & S
Bank, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Emory University,
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, and Ted Turner and
Associates.
At the national level, Mr. Fritzi has served as
an expert witness for the FBI, the Department of Justice, and
the Federal Bankruptcy Court on art related matters. He has
appraised works for the FDIC. In 1987, Governor Joe Frank Harris
appointed Mr. Fritzi Lieutenant Colonel Aide de Camp, Governor's
Staff, for his contribution to the arts in the state of Georgia.
