Jean Planque

Jean Planque (1910–1998) was a Swiss art collector.[1][2][3]

Biography

Jean Planque was born in Ferreyres, Switzerland into a Protestant family of peasants.[2]

His collection includes paintings by Pablo Picasso, Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Bonnard, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Klee, Hans Reichel, Raoul Dufy, Georges Braque, Jean-Paul Laurens and… Paul Cézanne.[3][4] Since fall 2010, it has been exhibited in the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence.[3][4]

Notes
  1. Gauville Herve, Jean Planque, l'intuition du chef-d'oeuvre., Libération, July 11, 2001
  2. Jérôme Coignard, Le fabuleux destin de Jean Planque, Le Journal des Arts, July–August 2001
  3. Réservez dès maintenant pour l'exposition Planque, La Provence, May 10, 2011
  4. Musée Granet

References
  • Delapraz, Béatrice (2009), The gifted eye of Jean Planque: a collector's intimacy, Éditions Cheneau-de-Bourg, ISBN 978-2-8399-0477-3
  • Rodari, Florian (2001), De Cézanne à Dubuffet: collection Jean Planque, Hazan, ISBN 2-85025-771-0


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