Pierre Loeb

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Pierre Loeb (born September 24, 1897 in Paris ; † May 4, 1964 ) was a French art dealer and gallery owner who primarily focused on 20th century surrealism and modernism . In 1924 he founded the Parisian Galerie Pierre , whose best-known exhibition was the Surrealists' first joint exhibition the following year.

Life

After completing his school education, Pierre Loeb worked in his father's rope workshop and met the dentist Daniel Tzanck, an art collector who introduced him to modern art. Tsanck was friends with the Bulgarian painter Jules Pascin and the French painter André Derain . In 1924 Loeb opened his Galerie Pierre at 13 Rue Bonaparte in Paris and presented Pascin's work in his first exhibition. In the most famous exhibition of the gallery, La peinture surréaliste (November 14-26 , 1925), the first group exhibition of the painters of Surrealism , Loeb presented works by Hans Arp , Paul Klee , Man Ray , Max Ernst , Pablo Picasso , Joan Miró , Giorgio de Chirico and André Masson .

Pierre Loeb among colleagues, 4th from left (1938)

In 1926 he moved the gallery to house number 2, also on rue Bonaparte. In the same year Loeb met Pablo Picasso for the first time, with whom he later became a good friend and whose works he exhibited in 1929. He was also a big fan of Joan Miró , whose works he exhibited eleven times from 1927 to 1939. In 1930 Loeb showed sculptures by Henri Matisse , in 1934 the first exhibition of the artist Balthus took place in the gallery and in 1936 the first solo exhibition of Wolfgang Paalen . In 1938 he concentrated on the landscapes of Georges Braque .

Grave of Pierre Loeb in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris with the sculpture La Roue by Hans Arp

During the Second World War from 1941 until the end of the war in 1945, Loeb lived in Cuba , after his return he organized a sensational exhibition with drawings by Antonin Artaud (1947). He then concentrated with great energy on abstract painting and exhibited works by the artist group CoBrA and the École de Paris as well as by individual artists such as Maria Helena Vieira da Silva , Zao Wou-Ki and Camille Bryen .

In 1964 Pierre Loeb died as one of the most famous art dealers and gallery owners of the modern era. It rests on the Cimetière Montparnasse (28th Division). The grave is adorned with a granite sculpture entitled La Roue (The Wheel) by Hans Arp from 1965.

family

Pierre Loeb was the brother of the photographer Denise Colomb (1902-2004). His son Albert Loeb (* 1932) owned a gallery in New York City from 1958 to 1971 and opened a gallery in Paris in 1966, which lasted until February 2015. The grandsons of Pierre Loeb are the chanson singer, actress and director Caroline Loeb (* 1955) and the actor Martin Loeb (* 1959).

Web links

  • Isabelle Monod-Fontaine: Loeb, Pierre. Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press; http://www.groveart.com/ (registration required)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre Loeb , kubisme.info, accessed June 7, 2012
  2. ^ José Pierre : André Breton et la peinture . L'age d'homme 1987. page 89
  3. ↑ La galerie Albert Loeb ferme , lejournaldesarts.fr, 11 February 2015
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of July 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed July 15, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Loeb, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French art dealer and gallery owner
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH May 4th 1964