Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli (Paris, 31 December 1876 - Paris, 19 March 1956) was a French art collector.
Biography
Suzanne Hecht was born in Paris to Albert Hecht (born in Brussels on 2 July 1842 and died in Paris on 21 August 1889), one of the greatest and most important Impressionist collectors, and Mathilde Oulman (born in Versailles on 8 July 1849 and died in Paris in 1937). In 1896 she married the famous Italian-born architect [1]Emmanuel Pontremoli, grandson of Eliseo Pontremoli.[2]
Her father Albert had his friend Édouard Manet make three portraits of his daughter dated 1882. They are currently kept in the Musée d'Orsay.[3][4]
With her husband Emmanuel Pontremoli, she began collecting the works of the most influential artists of the time, including John Constable, Eugène Delacroix, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet and Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, some of which she inherited from her father.
During the Nazi occupation of France, his sons Michel Pontremoli and Jean Pontremoli enlisted and fought with the French partisan force. In 1944, they both died at the hands of the Nazis.[5]
When he died in 1956, he left his entire art collection to his daughter Mathilde, who was married to Jean Trenel (grandson of Rabbi Leon Trenel) who was deported to the Auschwitz death camp where he was murdered on 23 March 1943.[6]
Following the death of his daughter Therese in 1987, some paintings were given to the Louvre Museum in Paris.[7][8]
Works from the S.Hecht E.Pontremoli Collection
The collection includes paintings collected by Suzanne and her husband Emmanuel Pontremoli.
Watteau
- Donne vestite con grandi cappotti, una con in mano una maschera, eseguito nel 1799 da Jean-Antoine Watteau.[9]
Constable
- Dedham Lock (1820), eseguito nel 1820 da John Constable.
Manet
- Ragazzo che soffia bolle di sapone, eseguito nel 1867 da Édouard Manet attualmente conservato presso il Museu Calouste-Gulbenkian.
- Donna con pappagallo, eseguito nel 1866 da Édouard Manet attualmente conservato presso il Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- The Croquet Game, eseguito nel 1873 da Édouard Manet attualmente conservato presso il Städel Museum.
- Swallows, 1873 by Édouard Manet in the Collezione Bührle a Zurigo.
- Fuga di Rochefort, eseguito nel 1881 da Édouard Manet attualmente conservato presso il Museo d'Orsay.
Corot
- L'odalisque Sicilienne, eseguito da Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot nel 1872.
- Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi, eseguito da Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot nel 1865 attualmente conservato presso il Art Institute of Chicago.
Monet
- Barche nel porto di Londra, eseguito da Claude Monet nel 1881currently in a private collection.[10]
Fragonard
- The Procuress, eseguito nel 1770 da Jean-Honoré Fragonard currently at Fondazione Jan Krugier.
Degas
- Il Balletto dell'Opera di Parigi, eseguito da Edgar Degas nel 1877 currently at Art Institute of Chicago.
Sisley
- Il lavatoio di Bougival, eseguito nel 1877 da Alfred Sisley currently in a private collection.
Hervier
- Donna che raccoglie un legno spezzato, eseguito nel 1855 da Adolphe Hervier currently at Museo delle belle arti di Digione.
References
- ↑ "Portraits d'architectes". expositions-virtuelles.citedelarchitecture.fr. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ↑ Abensur-Hazan, Laurence (1997). Les Pontremoli, deux dynasties rabbiniques en Turquie et en Italie: sources et documents (in French). L. Abensur-Hazan. ISBN 978-2-9511711-0-7.
- ↑ "Portrait de Mademoiselle Hecht, de profil - Edouard Manet | Musée d'Orsay". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ↑ "Portrait de Mademoiselle Hecht, de face - Edouard Manet | Musée d'Orsay". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ↑ "Musée de la résistance en ligne". museedelaresistanceenligne.org. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ↑ "Jean Trenel". geni_family_tree. 1895-07-02. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ↑ Manet, Édouard, Portrait de Mademoiselle Hecht, de face, retrieved 2023-10-30
- ↑ Manet, Édouard, Portrait de Mademoiselle Hecht, de profil, retrieved 2023-10-30
- ↑ "Les collections Aristophil Writings & Works by Artists from 16th to 20th Century | Sale n°3947 | Lot n°271 | Artcurial". www.artcurial.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ↑ "Claude Monet (1840-1926) Vue d'un port". Christie's.
PROVENANCE Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (probablement acquis auprès de l'artiste, en mai 1872). Rodolphe Hecht, Paris (après 1884). Collection Pontremoli, Paris. Galerie Schmit, Paris (en 1987). Collection particulière, Paris (acquis auprès de celle-ci, en 1988). Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.