Raoul Heilbronner auction catalogue 1921

Raoul Heilbronner (died 1941) was a German-born art and antiques dealer operating in Paris from before 1887 who supplied many of the important collectors of his era, including Sir Joseph Duveen,

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and

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."Manuscripts", ''Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions'', Library of Congress, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 1953, pp. 149–169. His premises were at 3 rue du Vieux-Colombier.

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 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 William Tudor Wilkinson (December 18, 1879 – April 22, 1969) was an American art collector and amateur art dealer. It was said that he gave Hermann Göring a painting in exchange for his wife's freedom from an internment camp and stored weap ...

donated Heilbronner's papers (1887–1914) to the

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. Wilkinson is thought to have acquired the papers at one of the auctions in the 1920s.

References

External links

Heilbronner papers finding aid
German art dealers Year of birth missing 1941 deaths {{Germany-business-bio-stub