| Rosenberg, Léonce, 1879-1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector Dealer/Gallery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1879-1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| city | Paris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| country | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), art collector, dealer and publicist, son of Alexandre, was born in Paris on September 12, 1879 to a family of four children: brothers Edmond and Paul and a sister Marie-Amélie. In 1910 Léonce left the family-owned gallery to open his own business, called Haute Epoque, at 19 rue de La Baume, Paris 8. Although considered an antiquarian, Rosenberg began buying cubist art: by 1914 he purchased work by Pablo Picasso, Auguste Herbin, and Juan Gris. After brief service in World War I (1916-1917) he continued his interest and represented, for varying periods of time, Picasso, Auguste Herbin, Fernand Léger, and Gris, among others and by the end of the war opened a new gallery, l'Effort Moderne. On October 19, 1921 the Léonce Rosenberg collection was sold in Amsterdam while l'Effort Moderne continued to operate until 1941. Rosenberg died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on July 31, 1947. |
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| decades | 1910-1920 1920-1930 |
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| updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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