Arthur Veil-Picard Explained

Arthur Georges Veil-Picard (1854-1944), businessman and art collector, was a member of the Veil-Picard family, a French Jewish dynasty with roots going back before the French revolution.

Born in 1854 into the Veil-Picard French business and banking dynasty, Veil-Picard was the Director of Maison Pernod and an art collector.[1] [2]

King of Absinthe

A major manufacturer of absinthe,[3] the Veil-Picard family acquired the Pernod brand in 1888.[4] [5] Arthur's three sons took over after him in 1894.[6]

Art Collector

The Veil-Picard family had a long tradition of art collecting.[7] In 1918, the famous French art dealer, René Gimpel, described Arthur Georges Veil-Picard as "the foremost art lover in Paris".[8] He assembled his art collection at 63 rue de Courcelles over a period of forty years. The collection included eighteenth-century paintings, drawings and miniatures.[9]

Nazi occupation of France

Due to their Jewish heritage Veil-Picard and his family were persecuted and plundered during the Nazi occupation of France.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Many of the artworks seized were restituted to the family in 1946.[15]

Three works from the former collection of Veil-Picard are currently in the National Gallery of Art:The Little Preacher, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard; Dr. Louis Martinet by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, and Cassabanca with Atlantes Supporting the Arms by a 16th century Italian artist .[16]

Family

His son also named Arthur Veil-Picard is famous in French horse racing circles.[17]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arthur Veil-Picard (1854-1944) . 2023-10-14 . data.bnf.fr . fr.
  2. Web site: Arthur Veil Picard, Pernod Ricard: Profile and Biography . 2023-10-14 . Bloomberg.com . en.
  3. Web site: 1999-07-28 . 4. Les restitutions difficiles . 2023-10-14 . L'Express . fr.
  4. Web site: PERNOD un anis sous une belle �toile . 2023-10-14 . la-revue-des-marques.fr.
  5. Web site: Pernod absinthiers – Société neuchâteloise de généalogie . 2023-10-14 . fr-FR.
  6. Web site: Pernod Fils Absinthe, vintage absinthe . 2023-10-14 . www.absinth.com.
  7. Web site: 2010-06-21 . La collection du banquier Veil-Picard . 2023-10-14 . Connaissance des Arts . fr-FR . Grand amateur d'art, le banquier Arthur Georges Veil-Picard collectionnait, au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles, les tableaux, miniatures et dessins..
  8. Web site: LIVE AUCTION 3588 LE GOÛT FRANÇAIS : ARTS DÉCORATIFS DU XVIIÈME SIÈCLE AU XIXÈME SIÈCLE . christies.com . "Le Premier amateur de Paris", c'est en ces termes que René Gimpel, l'un des grands marchands de la Belle Epoque, décrivait en 1918 Arthur Georges Veil-Picard (1854-1944). Son image nous est connue notamment par son portrait exécuté en 1887 au pastel par son ami Boldini et par des photographies, à une poque où il collectionnait avec passion les tableaux, les dessins et les miniatures du XVIIIe siècle..
  9. Web site: LIVE AUCTION 3588 LE GOÛT FRANÇAIS : ARTS DÉCORATIFS DU XVIIÈME SIÈCLE AU XIXÈME SIÈCLE . christies.com.
  10. Web site: 2011-04-25 . The fate of the Nikolsburg hoard . 2023-10-14 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Vol d'oeuvres d'art par les Allemands pendant l'occupation . 2023-10-14 . www.histoire-en-questions.fr.
  12. Web site: Cultural Plunder by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR): Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume . 2023-10-14 . www.errproject.org.
  13. Web site: Génies . Bernard . Le casse de Hitler - À la recherche des chefs-d'œuvre volés aux Juifs . 2023-11-04 . www.nouvelobs.com.
  14. Web site: Activity of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg in France: C.I.R. No.1 15 August 1945 (a transcribed fully searchable text of the Report) . 2023-11-04 . www.lootedart.com.
  15. Web site: François Boucher and Studio A young woman, seen in profile, walking in a park, traditionally identified as Madame de Pompadour . sothebys.com . Casimir Perrin, marquis de Cypierre (1784-1844); His posthumous sale, Paris, 10 March 1845, lot 165 (as François Boucher); Arthur Georges Veil-Picard (1854-1944), Paris; Seized from the above at the Banque de France (Vault 63), Paris by the Devisenschutzkommando (DSK) on 29 October 1940; Transferred from the Louvre to Neuschwanstein, Bavaria and to the Jeu de Paume, Paris; Repatriated to France on 13 November 1945 and subsequently restituted to the Veil-Picard family on 16 April 1946;.
  16. Web site: Veil-Picard, Arthur. French, died 1944 Provenance . 2023-10-14 . www.nga.gov.
  17. Web site: Arthur veil-picard, le propriétaire aux six grands steeple-chases de paris - Jour de Galop . 2023-10-14 . www.jourdegalop.com.

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