Joseph Bernheim-Jeune (Q27230593)
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French art dealer looted by Nazis (1870-1941)
- Henry Dauberville
- Josse (Joseph) Bernheim-Jeune (Bernheim)
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French art dealer looted by Nazis (1870-1941) |
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Henry Dauberville
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Prior to this sale, the painting had come to the auction block about half a dozen times times since it was stolen—and the last three offerings had been hotly contested by heirs of the victim, Joseph Bernheim-Jeune (who later adopted the pseudonym Henry Dauberville). They tried unsuccessfully to recover the work (English)
2 January 1870Gregorian
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15 March 1941
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The painting’s stormy history dates back more than seven decades, when Bernheim-Jeune, owner of Galerie Bernheim Jeune, a prominent Paris Gallery, was forced to flee the country during the Nazi occupation of France. According to information from Art Recovery International, “the entirety of his collection within the gallery, as well as works held in his private residence, was unlawfully confiscated by the Nazis.” Among these were several works by Vlaminck, who is described as “the pioneer of the Fauvist movement along with Henri Matisse and Andre Derain,” according to a release from Art Recovery International. The Fauvists–the French word for “wild beasts”—were among the earliest group of modern artists to pursue abstraction. (English)
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Following the war, Bernheim-Jeune returned to France to assess the extent of his losses, and thereafter spent much of the rest of his life attempting to recover his lost collection including the Vlaminck painting. (English)
Cézanne’s La Mer – Estaque (1876), a fine Midi landscape painted when the artist was moving away from Impressionism towards the geometric approach for which he became famous, is part of the Gustav Rau Collection on show at the Musée du Luxembourg until January 4. Paris gallery Bernheim–Jeune says the work was illegally sold after the contents of Josse Bernheim’s gallery were confiscated by the Nazis in 1941.Gustav Rau, now 78, acquired the work at auction from Sotheby’s in 1981. According to John Rewald’s catalogue raisonné of Cézanne, the work was sold by Bernheim-Jeune to New York collector Sam Salz in 1936, and later acquired by Wildenstein. It was shown at the Metropolitan Museum in 1960, in Washington and San Francisco in 1986, and in London in 1995. (English)
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Ces tableaux pourraient valoir 2 à3 millions de francs français mais ce n'est pas cela qui m'importe. J'y attache une grande valeur sentimentale. Ces Corot m'ont été légués par mon grand-père. Il avait très peur que je l'oublie.» Michel Dauberville, 65 ans, est le petit-fils du célèbre marchand d'art parisien Josse Bernheim-Jeune et l'actuel responsable, avec son cousin, de la fameuse galerie parisienne. Il avait six ans lorsque la Deuxième Guerre a éclaté mais il s'en souvient bien, à cause de la violence des événements et aussi, sans doute, parce que son père et son oncle lui en ont tant parlé. (French)
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Während des Krieges floh Bernheim-Jeune nach Lyon. Tod Josses 1941. Seine Söhne gingen 1944 mit deren Familien in die Schweiz, Ende 1944 Rückkehr nach Frankreich. Sammlung Die Sammlung umfasste Werke des Impressionismus und Fauvismus. Enteignung Er schickte 1939 einen Teil seiner Sammlung zu Freunden in die Dordogne, musste aber den Rest in Paris lassen. 1940 wurde dieser mit der Besatzung der Deutschen in Paris beschlagnahmt. 1941 beschlagnahmte die französische nationalsozialistische Organisation Rassemblement National Populaire seine Privatwohnung, aus der sie die wertvollsten Stücke entfernen konnten, ehe die Deutschen diese konfiszierten. Die sicher geglaubten Stücke in der Dordogne wurden wahrscheinlich durch einen von den Deutschen gelegten Brand unentdeckt zerstört. (German)