Béatrice de Rothschild
Béatrice de Rothschild (born September 14, 1864 in Paris , † April 7, 1934 in Davos ) was a French art collector and patron .
Life
Charlotte Béatrice was born in Paris in 1864 as the youngest of three children of the French banker Alphonse de Rothschild and his wife Leonora de Rothschild (1837-1911), daughter of the English banker Lionel de Rothschild . She was a granddaughter of James de Rothschild , the founder of the French branch of the Rothschild family. In 1883 she married the Russian banker Maurice Ephrussi (1849–1916). After her father's death in 1905, she bought a seven-hectare property in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the Côte d'Azur, on which she had a villa built and lavish gardens laid out. In the villa she brought together a collection of furniture, textiles, tapestries, porcelain and wrought iron objects from all over Europe, which was shaped by her personal taste, while she placed little value on adding to her father's Dutch collection. The few impressionist paintings in the collection are likely acquisitions by Maurice Ephrussi.
Béatrice de Rothschild died in Davos in 1934 and was buried on April 11 in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris .
The Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
From 1907 to 1912 she built an imposing villa in the Italian Renaissance style, the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild . Béatrice de Rothschild personally supervised the construction work, and is said to have driven no fewer than twelve architects to despair.
The focal point of the pink villa is a covered patio , lined with arches in the Spanish-Moorish style. From here you can get to the various rooms of the house, which are furnished with exquisite sumptuous furniture from the 18th century.
She bequeathed the villa to the Académie des Beaux-Arts des Institut de France . The villa, which was also the location of the James Bond film Never Say Never (1983), is open to the public and can be visited.
literature
- Ulrich Leben: Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild: creator and collector. In: The Rothschild Archive Review of the Year April 2008 – March 2009, pp. 23–30 ( digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rothschild, Béatrice de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French art collector and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1934 |
| Place of death | Davos |