Английская Википедия:Arthur Veil-Picard

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Arthur Georges Veil-Picard (1854-1944), businessman and art collector, was a member of the Veil-Picard family, a French Jewish dynasty with roots going back before the French revolution.

Born in 1854 into the Veil-Picard French business and banking dynasty, Veil-Picard was the Director of Maison Pernod and an art collector.[1][2]

King of Absinthe

A major manufacturer of absinthe,[3] the Veil-Picard family acquired the Pernod brand in 1888.[4] [5] Arthur's three sons took over after him in 1894.[6]

Art Collector

The Veil-Picard family had a long tradition of art collecting.[7] In 1918, the famous French art dealer, René Gimpel, described Arthur Georges Veil-Picard as "the foremost art lover in Paris".[8] He assembled his art collection at 63 rue de Courcelles over a period of forty years. The collection included eighteenth-century paintings, drawings and miniatures.[9]

Nazi occupation of France

Due to their Jewish heritage Veil-Picard and his family were persecuted and plundered during the Nazi occupation of France.[10][11][12][13][14]

Many of the artworks seized were restituted to the family in 1946.[15]

Three works from the former collection of Veil-Picard are currently in the National Gallery of Art:The Little Preacher, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard; Dr. Louis Martinet by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, and Cassabanca with Atlantes Supporting the Arms by a 16th century Italian artist .[16]

Family

His son also named Arthur Veil-Picard is famous in French horse racing circles.[17]

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