Wilfred Cass was born Wolfgang Cassirer to a Jewish industrialist family in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany on 11 November 1924 and, following the rise of Nazism, the family fled their home in 1933, first staying with Cass's mother's former governess in Cranbrook, Kent, England. By 1951, Cass achieved a Higher National Diploma in Telecommunications and soon become an entrepreneur, working with multiple companies. Through contacts established in the art world, Cass opened his first gallery, Cass Picture Gallery, followed by the Cass Sculpture Foundation at Goodwood, West Sussex, to showcase large-scale contemporary sculpture in the landscape of the South Downs, co-founded with his second wife, after his retirement in 1992.
Listen to his story here or read the full biography on the BURU: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/wilfred-cass
