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Herbert Lust (1926-2026) Art collector, investment banker, literature professor, writer, and art scholar. Herbert Lust was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Full Name

Herbert Confield Lust

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1926

Birth

Herbert Confield Lust was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 31, 1926.

1957

Other Life Event

New York County
Mr. Lust became an investment banker in New York in 1957.

1969

Literary Work

A Dozen Principles for Art Investment
Chicago: Galerie le chat Bernard
Nonfiction.

1970

Literary Work

Giacometti: The Complete Graphics and 15 Drawings
Tudor Publishing Company
0814804101 / 978-0814804100
Nonfiction.

1973

Literary Work

Enrico Baj: Dada Impressionist
Turin: Giulio Bolaffi Publishing House
Nonfiction.

1980s & 90s

Other Life Event

New York County
Mr. Lust and his wife, Virginia Wertheimer, ran the Virginia Lust Gallery on Sullivan Street in Lower Manhattan, New York, in the 1980s and ’90s.

1983

Literary Work

Violence and Defiance
Station Hill Press
0930794907 / 978-0930794903
Novel.


2026

Death

Herbert Lust died at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut, on May 12, 2026.

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