Regina Thürlimann (died 2002) was a Swiss art collector. She went by the nickname "Gin".[1]

Early life and emigration

Regina Thürlimann née Rohner, de Rebstein, was born in Switzerland and married Freddy Homburger in 1939 in Geneva. Together with her husband, Freddy Homburger, she amassed a substantial art collection in Switzerland. They came to the United States in 1941.[1][2]

Art collection

Works in her art collection included The Road to Versailles, Louveciennes, Snow, by Camille Pissarro (now in the Bührle collection at the Kunsthaus Zurich[3] and a drawing by Claude Gillot, now at the Harvard Art Museum.[4] Other works included Impressionist and Modern Art, Pre-Columbian Art, Southeast Asian and Indian Sculpture, Antiquities, Old Master drawings and prints.[1]

In 1971 the collection was exhibited and a catalogue published.[5]

Freddy Homburger died in September 2001, and Regina died in January 2002.[1]

In 2002, the collection was auctioned off at Christie's, including works by Raoul Dufy,[6] Edgar Degas, [7] Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.[8]

Thürlimann-Homberger also donated to the Otto-Naegeli Prize for scientific achievement. [9]

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