Eckhardt, Ferdinand#
b. Vienna, April 28, 1902, d. Winnipeg (Canada), Dec. 25, 1995, art historian, from 1932 at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, great accomplishments in the recovery of the museum's collections in 1945. From 1953, E. built the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Canada, an important museum of modern and Inuit art. established the E.-Gramatte Music Competition in 1974, after the death of his wife, the pianist Sophie-Carmen (Sonia) E.-Gramatte.