Antoine Seilern and Aspang
Antoine Edward Graf von Seilern and Aspang , also known as Antoine Seilern , rarely Anton Seilern (born September 17, 1901 in Farnham , Surrey , † July 6, 1978 in London ) was an Austro-British art historian and art collector.
Life
Antoine Edward Graf von Seilern and Aspang was the youngest of three sons of the Austrian Count Carl von Seilern and Aspang (1866-1940) and the American heiress Antoinette Woerishoffer (1875-1901). She was a daughter of the financier Charles Frederick Woerishoffer , who came from Gelnhausen and who had emigrated to America, and one of the most successful stock market speculators on Wall Street, and Anna Woerishoffer (1850-1931), the youngest daughter of the German-American newspaper publisher Anna Ottendorfer .
In 1910 he came to Vienna from England . In the Republic of Austria he lost the right to the noble name component through the Nobility Repeal Act in 1919 . From 1933 on, Seilern studied art history at the University of Vienna .
His collection of works of art was famous in the interwar period. He lived at Brahmsplatz 1 in Vienna. After Austria was " annexed" to Germany in 1938, Seilern emigrated to London in 1939.
He donated his art collection, which included over 120 paintings and drawings, to the Courtauld Institute of Art . It is known as The Princes Gate Collection , named after the London address of Seilern's residence.
In 2010 Stephanie Buck curated the exhibition Michelangelo's Dream at Courtauld Gallery . The exhibition was based on Michelangelo's drawing Il sogno or The Dream of Human Life from 1533, which was part of the donation. Additional drawings by Michelangelo, which Michelangelo had given to his pupil Tommaso de 'Cavalieri , have been brought together from other museums in this exhibition.
Prometheus by Oskar Kokoschka was an important work of art that Seilern himself commissioned .
Exhibition catalog
- Stephanie Buck: Michelangelo's Dream , Courtauld Gallery 2010; University of Washington Press 2010, ISBN 9781907372025
Web links
- Literature by and about Antoine Seilern and Aspang in the catalog of the German National Library
- Anton Seilern , spotted at Viennese art history
- Antoine Seilern , at the Seilern family, website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charles Frederick Woerishoffer in: The History of Wall Street
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seilern and Aspang, Antoine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seilern, Antoine; Seilern, Anton; Seilern and Aspang, Antoine Edward Graf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-British art historian and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th September 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farnham , Surrey |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1978 |
| Place of death | London |