Emil Staub Terlinden

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Emil Staub Terlinden , born Emil Staub (* January 7, 1867 , † February 15, 1929 ) was a Swiss industrialist and art collector . He was best known for his picture collection of excellent French impressionists .

Life

Emil Staub jun. was the son of Bertha Bachmann and the silk manufacturer Emil Staub (born March 26, 1831, † December 24, 1890). His father founded the Männedorf tannery and leather factory together with the saddler Heinrich Bachmann in 1864 . After the death of his father, Emil Staub jun. Together with his brother Heinrich Staub, he took over the business of Staub & Co AG, leather and plastic works, and in 1894 switched the business to industrial leather production . The department for drive belts made of crown leather (one of the most important customers was the textile machinery industry in England) was one of the leading in the industry at the time, along with the manufacture of leather car tires .

Emil Staub married Alma Terlinden (1883–1970) in 1903, the daughter of Heinrich Terlinden, owner of Terlinden & Co. in Küsnacht , a dye works and dry cleaning factory. Their daughter Alma «Jo» Révy-Staub (1909–2008) studied ballet dance with Trudi Schoop .

"Villa Alma"

Staub Terlinden's “Villa Alma” in Männedorf

After the marriage, Emil Staub commissioned the construction of a villa with a boathouse in the English country house style, directly on Lake Zurich in front of the factory in Männedorf. Richard Kuder (1852–1912) was the architect with his partner Joseph Müller . This architectural office was characterized by numerous important buildings, such as the headquarters of the Swiss Life Insurance and Pension Fund from 1897/1898 in Zurich.

The client wrote to the architects: “The exterior should be dignified but not great so that nothing is challenging against the surroundings. The interior may be expanded regardless of the public ... ». The building was constructed between 1905 and 1907. Its interior has largely been preserved in its original form. The "Villa Alma" is listed in the cantonal Zurich inventory of objects worthy of protection. In 2001 it was the location of the Swiss TV soap Lüthi und Blanc several times .

The «Almapark» on the area belonging to the villa is open to the public today. It is located on the south side of the Seestrasse in Männedorf directly on the lake and has a grotto . The statue L'offerta by Ernst Heller (1894–1972) was erected in the park before 1931.

Collecting

Staub Terlinden's move into the new villa also marks the beginning of his passionate collecting activity. France had a fascination for Emil and Alma Staub-Terlinden, which is evidenced by numerous trips to the country, but also by their preference for French painting. From 1916 Emil Staub-Terlinden began to collect works by French Impressionists , Late Impressionists , the Nabis and Fauves .

The couple visited the galleries of the most important art dealers of the time, such as Ambroise Vollard , Durand-Ruel , Bernheim-Jeune , Georges Wildenstein , Eugène Druet and Paul Rosenberg . The painter Carl Montag often accompanied her on her travels to Paris and served as an intermediary to the artists. Montag also created a handwritten directory with reproductions from the Staub-Terlinden Männedorf collection . This can be found today in the Swiss Institute for Art Research .

The main part of the collection was built up in 1916 with 17 pictures and in 1917 with another 12 pictures. Together with his wife, Staub Terlinden brought together one of the most important private collections of 19th and 20th century French art in Switzerland. As early as 1926, the collection was recognized in the trade journal L'Amour de L'Art .

Works in the former art collection

The following important works were part of the collection:

Honoré Daumier : The Engraver , 2nd third of the 19th century, oil on canvas, 33 × 24 cm
Ferdinand Hodler : The Angler , around 1879, oil on canvas, 26.5 × 37.5 cm
  • André Bauchant : Fête champêtre , 1946, oil on canvas, 50 × 100.5 cm.
  • André Bauchant: Paysage grecque , 1941, oil on canvas, 42 × 60 cm.
  • Paul Cézanne : La bouteille de menthe (now National Gallery of Art , Washington, DC), around 1893–1895, Rewald 772.
  • Paul Cézanne: La clairière (today Toledo Museum of Art ), around 1890, Rewald 814, oil on canvas 100 × 81 cm.
  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot : La bretonne en prière , oil on paper mounted on wood 35 × 27 cm.
  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot: La bohemienne au tambour basque , around 1850–1860, oil on canvas, 60 × 35.5 cm.
  • Gustave Courbet : Paysage Nocturne , around 1860, oil on canvas, 50 × 95 cm.
  • Honoré Daumier : The Engraver , 2nd third of the 19th century, oil on canvas, 33 × 24 cm.
  • Edgar Degas : Cheval marchant au pas relevés , cast bronze.
  • Eugène Delacroix : Angelica and Medoro (now the Art Gallery of New South Wales ), around 1860, oil on canvas, 81 × 65 cm.
  • Ferdinand Hodler : The Angler , around 1879, oil on canvas, 26.5 × 37.5 cm.
  • Edouard Manet : Vase de fleurs (today Musée d'Orsay , Paris), oil on canvas, 56 × 35 cm.
  • Edouard Manet: Les Huitres (now the National Gallery of Art in Washington), 1862, Rouart & Wildenstein 63, oil on canvas, 39 × 47 cm.
  • Claude Monet , Nymphéas , 1905, oil on canvas, 81 × 100.5 cm
  • Claude Monet: Vétheuil in Winter , around 1878–1879, oil on canvas, 68.5 × 90 cm.
  • Claude Monet , La Gare Saint-Lazare (today the Frick Collection New York), 1877, Wildenstein 439, oil on canvas, 80 × 98 cm.
  • Pablo Picasso : Juan-les-Pins (today Harvard Art Museums ), 1924, oil on canvas 24 × 41 cm
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir : Baigneuse , oil on canvas, 42 × 32 cm.
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Bathers with Loose Blond Hair (in the collection from 1916–1950, now the Philadelphia Museum of Art ), 1905, oil on canvas, 67 × 73 cm.
  • Félix Vallotton : Femmes portant des corbeiles à Marseille , 1901.
  • Edouard Vuillard : Woman sewing before a Garden Window (now Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ), 1895. Oil on paper on canvas mounted on wood, 31 × 36.5 cm.

literature

  • Carl Bindschedler: History of the community of Männedorf. Stäfa 1939.
  • René Jean: L'art français dans une collection suisse. In: La Renaissance , August 1923, p. 172.
  • Carl Montag : Reproductions from the Staub-Terlinden Männedorf collection. approx. 1918 (manuscript with reproductions).

Web links

Commons : Staub Terlindens Villa Alma  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Speak Low ( When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya. Berkeley Los Angeles 1996, ISBN 0-520-07853-5 , p. 521.
  2. ↑ http://www.kwf.org/images/newsletter/kwn262p1-24.pdf
  3. ↑ The Villa Alma in Männedorf remains a retirement home - the old lady's gift. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 14, 2004, accessed on March 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ Grace period for Villa Alma. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 20, 2002, accessed on March 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ Erwin Poeschel : Ernst Heller. In: Das Werk , 18, 1931, issue 12, p. 364.
  6. ^ W. Georges: The Staub Collection at Mannedorf. In: Formes , No. May 25, 1932.
  7. ↑ Christie's London, sales catalog for auction 7702, February 5, 2009, lot 329.
  8. ↑ Christie's London, sales catalog for auction 7702, February 5, 2009, lot 328.
  9. ↑ Christie's London, sales catalog for auction 7702, February 5, 2009, lot 327.
  10. ↑ Sotheby’s New York, sales catalog for auction NY7217, November 16, 1998, lot 39.
  11. ↑ Piasa, Paris, sales catalog of 11 December 2000, Los 1st
  12. ↑ Christie's London, sales catalog for auction 7702, February 5, 2009, lot 322.
  13. ↑ http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/work/443-1996+angelica-and-the-wounded-medoro
  14. ↑ Christie's Zurich, sales catalog for auction 1364, December 1, 2008, lot 99a.
  15. ^ Sotheby's New York, sales catalog for auction N03940, May 5, 2015, lot 30.
  16. ↑ Christie's London, sales catalog for auction 7702, February 5, 2009, lot 323.
  17. ↑ Christie's London, sales catalog for auction 7702, February 5, 2009, lot 326
  18. ↑ Christie's Zurich, sales catalog for auction 1364, December 1, 2008, lot 99b.
personal data
SURNAME Dust Terlinden, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dust, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss industrialist and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1867
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1929