David David-Weill (1871–1952) was a French-American banker, chairman of Lazard Frères in Paris, who built an important collection of art. His collection was plundered by the Nazis during the Second World War and over 2000 items seized. He was a major donor to French and American museums and galleries and a benefactor to universities.
13-536: David-Weill is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: David David-Weill (1871–1952), French-American banker Jean David-Weill (1898–1972), French epigrapher Michel David-Weill (1932–2022), French investment banker Pierre David-Weill (1900–1975), French investment banker See also [ edit ] David (surname) Weil (surname) All pages with titles containing David-Weill [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
26-571: A blocked account. In France, David-Weill's collection was looted by the Nazis during the Second World War and, according to German records, 2687 items seized. Many of looted paintings, such as Henri Fantin-Latour's Self-Portrait , were recovered by the Monuments Men and returned to France which restituted them to David-Weill. Not all artworks were recovered. Missing paintings were published in
39-511: A brother of Alexandre Weill, lived. They returned to France about 1883. David-Weill continued his education there at the Lycée Condorcet and the École Libre des Sciences Politiques . He married Flora Raphaël in 1897 and they had seven children, including Pierre David-Weill and Jean David-Weill . Following his education, David-Weill performed his military service and began to work at Lazard Frères, where he rose to become chairman. He became
52-592: A regent of the Banque de France in 1935. David-Weill began to collect from an early age. His acquisitions included paintings, drawings, miniatures, sculptures, furniture, silverware, and other items. He became president of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux and vice president of the Société des amis du Louvre . In 1931, David-Weill transferred part of his collection to a British holding company called Anglo-Continental Art, Inc, which
65-473: Is an art museum located at 6, place d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement of Paris , France. Literally translated into English, its full name is the National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet , or Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts . The museum has one of the largest collections of Asian art outside of Asia. Founded by Émile Étienne Guimet , an industrialist, the museum first opened at Lyon in 1879 but
78-606: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles David David-Weill David-Weill was born in San Francisco on 30 August 1871. He was the son of Julie (née Cahn) and Alexandre Weill (1834–1906). His father was a cousin to the three French Jewish brothers who founded Lazard Frères & Co. His parents had left France in 1870 because of the Franco-Prussian War , and settled in California, where Raphaël Weill ,
91-635: The Panthéon Bouddhique , displays Buddhist artworks . Some of the museum's artifacts, originating from Cambodia, are connected with the studies conducted by the first scholars to be interested in Khmer culture, Louis Delaporte and Etienne Aymonier . They sent examples of Khmer art to France at a time when museums were not existing in Southeast Asia, with the agreement of the King of Cambodia, to show to Europe
104-734: The Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre 1939-1945, Groupe français du conseil de controle , 1947. In later life he donated more than 2000 items to museums and galleries, including the Guimet Museum , the Louvre , and universities in New York, Hamburg, Leiden, Honolulu, and Stockholm. He donated to the libraries of the Musée de l'Homme and the Institut national d'histoire de l'art , to which he gave
117-550: The surname David-Weill . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David-Weill&oldid=1189188383 " Categories : Surnames Compound surnames French-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
130-720: The high level of the ancient Khmer culture. From December 2006 to April 2007, the museum harboured collections of the Kabul Museum , with archaeological pieces from the Greco-Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum , and the Indo-Scythian treasure of Tillia Tepe . In 2024, the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration criticized the museum for removing the word "Tibet" from its catalogues and exhibitions in favor of
143-637: The manuscript and journal of Eugène Delacroix . He also gave his Chinese-bronze collection to the Musée Guimet and his cloisonné objects to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD). David-Weill died in Neuilly-sur-Seine , Paris, on 7 July 1952. Parts of his collection were sold in a series of auctions in 1970. Guimet Museum The Guimet Museum (full name in French : Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet ; MNAAG ; abbr. Musée Guimet )
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#1733085131149156-563: Was later transferred to Paris, opening in the place d'Iéna in 1889. Devoted to travel, Guimet was in 1876 commissioned by the minister of public instruction to study the religions of the Far East , and the museum contains many of the fruits of this expedition, including a fine collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain and objects relating not merely to the religions of the East, but also to those of ancient Egypt , Greece and Rome . One of its wings,
169-622: Was owned by a Canadian corporation that he controlled. In late 1940, David-Weill sent twenty-six cases of paintings and antiquities to Lisbon for shipment on the SS Excalibur to New York, where they were to be sold by the Wildensteins, as property of Anglo-Continental Art, Inc. However U.S. Treasury officials, concerned about their French origins in wartime, "descended on the elegant premises of Wildenstein, New York". The assets of Anglo-Continental were frozen by US officials and proceeds placed in
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