Raoul Heilbronner

Raoul Heilbronner (died 1941)[1] was a German-born[2] art and antiques dealer operating in Paris from before 1887 who supplied many of the important collectors of his era, including Sir Joseph Duveen, Henry E. Huntington and William Randolph Hearst.[3] His premises were at 3 rue du Vieux-Colombier.

The auction catalogue for the sale in November 1921 of material sequestered from Raoul Heilbronner.

First World War

As a German, Heilbronner's business was adversely affected by hostilities between France and Germany during the First World War. He returned to Germany at the outbreak of the war[4] and his home in Paris was confiscated and sold at auction by the French government not long afterwards. Sales of Heilbronner's collection and stock were held by auction between 1921 and 1925.

In 1952, Tudor Wilkinson donated Heilbronner's papers (1887–1914) to the Library of Congress.[5] Wilkinson is thought to have acquired the papers at one of the auctions in the 1920s.

References
  1. Hayward, Jane; Revised and edited by Mary B. Shepard & Cynthia Clark (2003). English and French Medieval Stained Glass in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harvey Miller/Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-872501-37-6.
  2. Heilbronner, Raoul. The Frick Collection. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. "Manuscripts", Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, Library of Congress, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 1953, pp. 149–169.
  4. Lermer, Andrea; Avinoam Shalem. (Eds.) (2010). After One Hundred Years: The 1910 Exhibition "Meisterwerke Muhammedanischer Kunst" Reconsidered. Leiden: Brill. p. 256. ISBN 978-90-04-19001-6.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. "Library of Congress LCCN Permalink for mm78025650". Retrieved 25 November 2014.


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