Édouard André (art collector)
| Édouard François André | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Édouard André, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André. | |
| Born | 13 December 1833 |
| Died | 16 July 1894 |
| Residence | Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Banker, politician, soldier and art collector |
| Known for | Art Collector, Founder of Courtauld Institute |
| Spouse(s) | Nélie Jacquemart-André |
| Parent(s) | Ernest André |
Édouard François André (1833–1894) was a French banker, politician, soldier and art collector. He was the husband of Nélie Jacquemart-André, the society painter. Their art collection is preserved at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris.[1]
Biography
Son to Ernest André (1803-1864), Edouard André was born into a family of rich banker Protestants, native to the Southeast of France (Nîmes dans le Gard), who flourished during the Second Empire.
In firm support of Napoleon III and sensitive to the Saint-Simonian ideas, the Andre family was involved in financing the modernization of France and large companies of the imperial regime.[2]
He succeeded his father as MP Gard, elected May 29, 1864. Re-elected May 23, 1869, he served until September 4, 1870.[3] Edouard André lost his mother at the age of two.
He built a collection of paintings, furniture and art objects. After the fall of the Second Empire, he joined the National Guard in 1871. He negotiated with the Rothschilds the contribution that France must pay to Germany after the surrender and brought together in a short time the necessary amount. Disappointed by politics, he decided to devote himself exclusively to his collections. In 1868, he sought the architect Henri Parent to design mansion of grand proportions on a plot of 158 m2 in Paris for 1.5 million francs.
References
- ↑ Sylvia Kahan - In Search of New Scales: Prince Edmond De Polignac, Octatonic Explorer Page 60 2009 ""Around that time, Polignac made the acquaintance of Nélie Jacquemart-André, a society painter and the wife of Édouard André, a wealthy Protestant banker and arts ."
- ↑ "Notice d'autorité personne". A general catalogue for BnF. BnF. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ Fiche sur le site de l'Assemblée Nationale
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