Aimé Maeght

Aimé Maeght
Born April 27, 1906
Hazebrouck, France
Died September 5, 1981
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Occupation Art collector, publisher
Spouse(s) Marguerite Maeght

Aimé Maeght (27 April 1906, Hazebrouck, northern France – 5 September 1981) was a French art dealer, collector, lithographer, and publisher. He founded the Galerie Maeght in Paris[1] and Barcelona, and the Fondation Maeght[2] in Saint-Paul-de-Vence near Nice (southern France). The surname Maeght is pronounced mahg In France.[3][4]

Art dealer

As a youth, Maeght studied art and music. His first commercial encounter in the art world came in 1930, when Pierre Bonnard came to his Cannes shop and had Maeght print a program for a Maurice Chevalier concert with a Bonnard lithograph. After the programs were produced, Maeght put the lithograph in the print-shop window. A quick sale encouraged the artist to give him a second picture. Maeght made his Paris debut as a major art dealer on the Rue de Teheran in 1945, after World War II. On sale were all the paintings done by Henri Matisse during the war.[5] He also represented Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti and Joan Miró,[5] and collaborated with Alexander Calder and Fernand Léger.[2] Much of his success as a dealer was attributed to his wife, the late Marguerite Maeght.[5]

Publisher and benefactor

Aimé Maeght is the founder, editor and publisher of the French art magazine Derrière le Miroir, created in 1946 and published uninterruptedly until 1982.[6] With his wife, Marguerite, he established the Fondation Maeght, a privately-funded museum devoted to 20th century art, in the South of France.[2] The building was designed by the Catalan architect Josep Lluís Sert, houses more than 12,000 pieces of art and attracts "on average, 200,000 visitors ... every year".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jackie Wullschlager, Black, in full colour, Financial Times, 15 September 2006.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The future of the Maeght Foundation: Sunshine and colour", The Economist (London), 26 Jul 2014, retrieved 12 Feb 2016
  3. ↑ The original Flemish surname is pronounced like "makt").
  4. ↑ Lohse, Marianne (23 May 2012), "Maeght: A Family Affair", France Today (Bath, United Kingdom), retrieved 12 Feb 2016
  5. 1 2 3 Fraser, C. Gerald (7 Sep 1981), Aimé Maeght Dies; Art Dealer Was 75 New York Times.
  6. ↑ Maeght, Adrien (1983). Derrière le miroir : 1946-1982. Paris: Maeght Éditeur. p. 120.


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