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Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli

Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli (Paris, 31 December 1876 – Paris, 19 March 1956) was a French art collector.

Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli 1882 by Edouard Manet, Orsay Museum

Biography

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Suzanne Hecht was born in Paris to Albert Hecht (born in Brussels on 2 July 1842 and died in Paris on 21 August 1889), one of the greatest and most important Impressionist collectors, and Mathilde Oulman (born in Versailles on 8 July 1849 and died in Paris in 1937). In 1896 she married the famous Italian-born architect [1]Emmanuel Pontremoli, grandson of Eliseo Pontremoli.[2]

 
Albert Hecht depicted in the centre with binoculars by Edgar Degas, 1871

Her father Albert had his friend Édouard Manet make three portraits of his daughter dated 1882. They are currently kept in the Musée d'Orsay.[3][4]

 
Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli, 1882 by Édouard Manet, Musee d'Orsay
 
Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli 1882 by Édouard Manet, Museo d'Orsay

With her husband Emmanuel Pontremoli, she began collecting the works of the most influential artists of the time, including John Constable, Eugène Delacroix, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet and Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, some of which she inherited from her father.

During the Nazi occupation of France, his sons Michel Pontremoli and Jean Pontremoli enlisted and fought with the French partisan force. In 1944, they both died at the hands of the Nazis.[5]

When he died in 1956, he left his entire art collection to his daughter Mathilde, who was married to Jean Trenel (grandson of Rabbi Leon Trenel) who was deported to the Auschwitz death camp where he was murdered on 23 March 1943.[6]

 
Dedham Lock, 1820 by John Constable owned by Suzanne Hecht P.

Following the death of his daughter Therese in 1987, some paintings were given to the Louvre Museum in Paris.[7][8]

Works from the S.Hecht E.Pontremoli Collection

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The collection includes paintings collected by Suzanne and her husband Emmanuel Pontremoli.

Watteau

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Constable

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Manet

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Corot

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Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi, 1865

Monet

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Claude Monet, Vista di un porto, 1871

Fragonard

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Degas

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Edgar Degas, Il balletto dell'Opera di Parigi, 1877

Sisley

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Hervier

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References

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  1. ^ "Portraits d'architectes". expositions-virtuelles.citedelarchitecture.fr. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  2. ^ Abensur-Hazan, Laurence (1997). Les Pontremoli, deux dynasties rabbiniques en Turquie et en Italie: sources et documents (in French). L. Abensur-Hazan. ISBN 978-2-9511711-0-7.
  3. ^ "Portrait de Mademoiselle Hecht, de profil - Edouard Manet | Musée d'Orsay". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  4. ^ "Portrait de Mademoiselle Hecht, de face - Edouard Manet | Musée d'Orsay". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  5. ^ "Musée de la résistance en ligne". museedelaresistanceenligne.org. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  6. ^ "Jean Trenel". geni_family_tree. 1895-07-02. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  7. ^ Manet, Édouard, Portrait de Mademoiselle Hecht, de face, retrieved 2023-10-30
  8. ^ Manet, Édouard, Portrait de Mademoiselle Hecht, de profil, retrieved 2023-10-30
  9. ^ "Les collections Aristophil Writings & Works by Artists from 16th to 20th Century | Sale n°3947 | Lot n°271 | Artcurial". www.artcurial.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  10. ^ "Claude Monet (1840-1926) Vue d'un port". Christie's. PROVENANCE Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (probablement acquis auprès de l'artiste, en mai 1872). Rodolphe Hecht, Paris (après 1884). Collection Pontremoli, Paris. Galerie Schmit, Paris (en 1987). Collection particulière, Paris (acquis auprès de celle-ci, en 1988). Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.

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