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Revision as of 22:12, 22 January 2025 by MaybeItsBecauseImALondoner (talk | contribs) (Translation of fr:Alexandre Bernheim)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Alexandre Bernheim (4 April 1839 - 2 March 1915) was a French art dealer, photographer and optician.
, né le Template:Date de naissance à Besançon et mort le Template:Date de décès à Paris est un opticien, photographe et marchand d'art français.
Life
He was born in Besançon to colour merchant Joseph Bernheim (1799-1859) and Madeleine Mayer. He set up a photography studio in Brussels..
On the advice of his friend Gustave Courbet he moved himself and his family to Paris and set up a new studio on rue Neuve as well as in 1863 opening the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune at 8 rue Laffitte. In 1901 the first retrospective of Vincent van Gogh was held in that gallery. His sons assisted in running the gallery. Alexandre
He married Henriette Adler and had:
- Marguerite - married Jack Aghion in 1892
- Gabrielle - married Félix Vallotton in 1899
- Joseph (1870-1941), married one of the Adler sisters on the same day as his brother married the other in 1901
- Gaston (1870-1953)
He took part in the sale of Courbet's L'Origine du monde in 1913 and died two years later as his home on avenue Hoche in Paris. His tomb is in the Cimetière du Montparnasse.
References
- (in French) Alexandre Bernheim Jeune, sur le site Fomu.atomis.be.
- (in French) Actes no. 1079 and 1080, état-civil de la Ville de Paris, 8th arrondissement, 1901 marriages.
- Acte no. 462, état-civil de la Ville de Paris, 8th arrondissement, 1915 deaths.