Hélène de Mandrot (1867-1948), née Hélène Revilliod de Muralt, was an artist and Swiss patron of modern art and architecture.
Biography
Born into a Swiss
patrician family in Geneva, Hélène de Mandrot grew up amid the intellectual, cultural and economic elite of the time. She studied at the
Académie Julian
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in
Paris
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.
De Mandrot is the cofounder of the Museum Society of the
La Sarraz Castle in the canton de
Vaud
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, a
Swiss national heritage site of significance. As an art collector, she strongly supported the modern movement and used the castle to organize artist reunions such as the
Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne in 1928 and the Congrès international du cinéma indépendant in 1929. She is also a co-founder of the CIAM.
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Swiss art collectors
Women art collectors
Swiss women artists
Swiss art patrons
1867 births
1948 deaths
Artists from Geneva
Académie Julian alumni
Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne members