Lionel Pissarro

Lionel Pissarro (born July 1961 in Paris , France ) is a French art dealer . He comes from the artist family Pissarro .

family

Lionel is a great-grandson of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro . His grandfather was the painter Paul Émile Pissarro . He is the son of the painter Hugues Claude Pissarro and his wife, the gallery owner Katia, née Marrek. His siblings are the art historian Joachim Pissarro and the painter and gallery owner Lélia Pissarro . He is married to Sandrine, née Moos (born April 19, 1966), who is also an art dealer. The couple's children are called Julia and Dina.

life and work

Lionel Pissarro grew up in Paris and attended the Lycée Condorcet there .

From 2001 to 2011, Pissarro was a partner with Philippe Ségalot and Frank Giraud in the art dealer Giraud, Pissarro, Ségalot ( GPS ), which specialized in art from the 19th and 20th centuries and had offices in New York and Paris. GPS advised the French billionaire François Pinault and the royal family of the Emirate of Qatar on their art purchases.

In 2008, the partners reportedly bought paintings and statues (mostly from the 1960s) from the estate of American gallery owner Ileana Sonnabend valued at US $ 400 million on behalf of private customers . In 2011, the emirate of Qatar was represented by GPS when the painting The Card Players by Paul Cézanne was purchased . Qatar paid over $ 250 million for this work, which at the time was the highest selling price for an artwork ever. In 2011, Pissarro acquired Paul Gauguin's painting Le Vallon from 1892 for £ 6.4 million from the estate of the Swiss art dealer Ernst Beyeler .

Frank Giraud ended the cooperation in 2011 and left the company. Lionel Pissarro and Philippe Ségalot continued their collaboration until 2012, but then separated.

In September 2012, Pissarro founded the art dealer Connery, Pissarro, Seydoux together with his wife Sandrine, Stephane Cosman Connery (previously director for private sales at auction house Sotheby’s ) and Thomas Seydoux (previously responsible for impressionist and modern art at auction house Christie’s ) . According to the company, the partnership has since "successfully completed some of the highest priced private deals in the international market".

Lionel Pissarro was appointed chairman of the Chagall Windows Sponsorship Committee of the Zionist women's organization Hadassah in 2012 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ : M. Lionel Pissarro. In: dirigeant.com, in French → online ( memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Camille Pissarro & His Descendents In: Stern-Pissarro Gallery, in English → online ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Joachim Pissarro : Autobiographical Reflections and the Art World. In: The Brooklyn Rail of April 3, 2013, in English → online
4. ↑ ^{a b} Andrew Russeth: Giraud, Pissarro, Ségalot Will End Tripartite Partnership. In: The New York Observer of November 17, 2011, in English → online
5. ↑ ^{a b} Alexandra Peers: Qatar Purchases Cézanne's The Card Players for More Than $ 250 Million, Highest Price Ever for a Work of Art. In: Vanity Fair (magazine) of February 2, 2012, online in English
6. ^ ^{A b} Shane Ferro: What You Need to Know About the World's Most Powerful Contemporary Art Collector: the State of Qatar. In: Blouin Artinfo from February 3, 2012, in English → online
7. ↑ Carol Vogel: A Colossal Private Sale by the Heirs of a Dealer. In: The New York Times of April 4, 2008, in English → online
8. ↑ Charmaine Picard: Saturday estate sold for $ 600m. In: The Art Newspaper, issue 191 from May 2008, in English → online ( memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Eileen Kinsella: $ 25 Billion and Counting. In: ARTnews from January 5, 2008, in English → online
10. ^ Colin Gleadell: Beyeler Sale Opens London Summer Series With a Bang. In: ARTnews of December 7, 2011, in English → online
11. ↑ Picasso's Shine at Christie's Modern and Impressionist Sale. In: artlyst from June 22, 2011, in English → online ( memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ GA: Leading dealers Go Their Separate ways. In: The Art Newspaper from June 14, 2012, in English → online ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ^ Carol Vogel: Partners Create a Superdealership. In: The New York Times of September 6, 2012, in English → online
14. ^ Lionel Pissarro constitue un nouveau cabinet de courtage avec deux anciens de Christie's et Sotheby's. In: Le Journal des Arts of September 10, 2012, online in French
15. ↑ : Judd Tully: Now a Team, Connery, Seydoux, and Pissaros Prepare to Conquer the Art World. In: Art + Auction Magazine from November 12, 2012, in English → online ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ^ Georgina Adam: The Art Market: Tastemakers, rainmakers. In: Financial Times of September 14, 2012, in English → online
17. ^ Connery Pissarro Seydoux , in English → online
18. ^ Melissa Kaplan: Hadassah at Christie's: Gathering and Sponsoring Art to Build the Future of Medicine. 2012, in English → online ( memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.