Jean-Charles Davillier

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Jean-Charles Davillier

Jean-Charles Davillier ( May 17, 1823 , Rouen - March 1, 1883 , Paris ) was a French baron , art collector and writer .

biography

Jean-Charles Davillier was the grandson of the banker Jean Charles Joachim Davillier. His wealth enabled him to collect works of art and valuable books.

From 1833 to 1840 he attended the College Stanislas and Collège Saint-Louis in Paris. Around 1840 he started a training position with his uncle, the factory owner Édouard Davillier, in Gisors . He hired him to travel for his manufactory. From 1861 to 1862 he went on a trip to Spain with Gustave Doré . His travelogue with illustrations by Gustave Doré first appeared in serial form in the magazine Nouveau journal des voyages and in 1874 as a book.

In addition to his most famous work, he published a number of other writings.

In 1865 he loaned 73 objects to the exhibition rétrospective des beaux-arts appliqués à l'industrie . In the same year he married Désirée-Élisa Drouard. In 1873 he loaned numerous objects to the Special Loan Exhibition of Decorative Art Needlework in London's South Kensington Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum . In 1875 he bought his luxurious town house on Rue Pigalle. Artists, writers and musicians met regularly there on Mondays. In 1878 he headed the wallpaper, furniture and fabrics section at the Trocadéro exhibition and lent her numerous objects. In 1881 he again loaned 48 objects to the South Kensington Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, this time for the exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese ornamental art.

With his will of 1883 he bequeathed his collections to the Louvre , the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Manufacture royale de porcelaine de Sèvres .

Jean-Charles Davillier is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

References and comments

  1. ↑ Paul Eudel: Collections et Collectionneurs . G. Charpentier et Cie, S. 1–63 (French, bnf.fr ).
  2. ↑ a b c d Élodie Baillot: DAVILLIER Jean-Charles (baron). In: Institut national de l'histoire de l'art. February 17, 2014, accessed July 4, 2019 (French).
  3. ↑ Jean-Charles Davillier: L'Espagne . Librairie Hachette, Paris 1874 (French, archive.org [accessed July 4, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Jean-Charles Davillier (1823-1883). In: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved July 4, 2019 (French).
  5. ↑ Retrospective of Applied Fine Arts in Industry
  6. ↑ Special exhibition of items on loan from the needle handicrafts
  7. ↑ Louis Courajod: Le Baron Charles Davillier et la collection léguée par lui au Musée du Louvre . Illustrated by Ludovic Letrône. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, Paris 1884 (French, inha.fr ).
  8. ^ Marie Belan: Portrait d'un grand collectionneur du XIXe siècle: le baron Jean-Charles Davillier. (PDF) In: amisdesevres.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018 ; accessed on July 4, 2019 (French).
  9. ↑ Davillier Jean Charles, baron (1823-1883). In: Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .

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SURNAME Davillier, Jean-Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davillier, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French baron, art collector and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouen
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1883
Place of death Paris