List of famous collectors
Click on the names of the collectors. The link will take you to their Daumier collection in the DAUMIER REGISTER.
| NAME OF COLLECTOR | INFORMATION |
|---|---|
| ADHEMAR, Jean | Curator at the Cabinet des Estampes, researcher and publisher on Daumier |
| BABCOCK, William P. | Painter who lived in Paris. He left his important collection to museums in the Boston area. |
| BECHTEL, H. | Lawyer and President at the Grolier Club, New York. He gave his important collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York |
| BECHTEL, Edwin de T. | Published a standard work on the “Association Mensuelle” in 1952 |
| BLISS, F.E. BLISS, Lillie P. BLISS, Mrs Robert Wood | Collector, who left most of his prints to the museum of Baltimore, MD |
| BLOCH, A. | Important French collector of Daumier prints. Most of them are now in the US |
| BORLETTI, Count Aldo | Ardent Italian collector of drawings and lithographs, which were largely left to the museum in St. Denis, France. |
| BOUVY, Edouard | French collector of lithographs and prints as well as researcher and publisher on Daumier’s wood engravings (first comprehensive work catalogue) |
| BRUCK, Zdenko | Well-known Daumier collector in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He owned at least 7 original works that we are aware of (DR10117; DR10194; DR10371; DR10392; DR10426; DR10445; and DR10666 ). Furthermore he had an important collection of Daumier lithographs including the complete set of Meynial reprints. |
| BÜHRLE, E.G. Foundation E.G. BÜHRLE | Swiss industrialist with a large Daumier collection, consisting of paintings, drawings and prints. |
| BUREAU, Paul BUREAU, Mme Paul BUREAU, Pierre-Isadore | French painter and collector of Daumier’s work |
| CHAMPFLEURY | (pseudonym for Jules François Félix Husson) Friend of Daumier, collector, researcher and publisher on Daumier. One of the first small work catalogues after Alexandre |
| CHERPIN, Jean | Important French researcher and publisher on Daumier |
| COGNACQ, Gabriel | (1880-1951), Important French collector of Daumier prints. He owned the famous department store Samaritaine in Paris. |
| DAVIES Sisters DAVIES, Gwendoline DAVIES, Margaret | Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, two collectors from Scotland, who left an important collection of French paintings |
| DELTEIL, Loys | Art dealer and collector. He published the second comprehensive work catalogue of Daumier’s lithographic oeuvre (with photos) |
| DURAND-RUEL, Paul, Paris DURAND-RUEL, New York | Paul Durand-Ruel (31 October 1831, Paris – 5 February 1922, Paris) was a French art dealer who is associated with the Impressionists and the Barbizon School. He was one of the first modern art dealers who provided support to his painters with stipends and solo exhibitions. Read more about DURAND-RUEL |
| ESCHOLIER, Raymond | French Publisher of books on Daumier |
| FUCHS, Eduard FUCHS, Margaret FUCHS BOROCHOWICZ | Collector, researcher and publisher on Daumier. He published the first comprehensive work catalogue on paintings and drawings as well as lithographs and wood engravings. Read more about EDUARD FUCHS |
| GASTON-DREYFUS, René | French owner of one of the most important collections of Daumier lithographs. His prints were sold in 1966 and 1968 |
| GAVARNI, Paul | Painter colleague during Daumier’s period |
| Le GARREC, Maurice | French art dealer, researcher and publisher on Daumier |
| GEOFFROY-DECHAUME, Adolphe-Victor GEOFFROY, A.D. GEOFFROY-DECHAUME, Family GEOFFROY-DECHAUME, Geneviève | French collector, friend of Daumier, and sculptor of his bust. |
| GERSTENBERG, Otto SCHARF, Julietta SCHARF, Margarethe SCHARF, Hilde SCHARF, Dieter | German art collector. After his death in 1935, his daughter Margarethe Scharf inherited his collection. In 2008, the collection will be exhibited in the Museum Scharf-Gerstenberg in Berlin. Read more about Otto GERSTENBERG (in German) |
| GOBIN, Maurice | Researcher and publisher on Daumier, specialized on sculptures |
| GRASS-MICK, A. | French artist, collector, writer and publisher on Daumier |
| GRANDVILLE, J.-J. | French collector and artist-colleague of Daumier at La Caricature and Le Charivari. Some prints of his Daumier collection ended up in the Ramus collection. |
| GRUNWALD, L. | His important collection was integrated into the Hammer Collection in Los Angeles |
| HAMMER, Armand | Internationally active industrialist who collected Daumier’s art among many other artists. He established a permanent Daumier museum at UCLA. CATALOGUE 1985 of the Hammer Collection. |
| HAZARD, Nicolas-Auguste HAZARD, Mme N.A. | (1834-1913) Publisher of the first comprehensive work catalogue on Daumier’s lithographic oeuvre |
| HORN, Werner | German businessman from Düsseldorf. Together with his wife he collected Daumier lithographs over some 30 years. The whereabouts of this collection is still unclear, but it seems to have remained with a Dutch-German family. |
| HOYT, Anna C. | Curator in Boston, MA |
| LARAN, Jean | Director of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, researcher and publisher on Daumier |
| LECOMTE, Marcel | French art dealer, researcher and publisher on Daumier |
| LEJEUNE, Robert | Swiss protestant minister who collected Daumier lithographs. He researched and published on Daumier. His collection was sold in 1978 |
| LEMANN, Bernard | Professor at New Orleans |
| LEYBOLD, Roger | (1896 – 1970) Brewer and industrialist in Paris. Collector of paintings by Delacroix, Daumier, Jongkind, Corot, Boudin. He owned two paintings by Daumier and some bronzes. |
| LEYS, M.N.H. | Dutch collector with an almost complete collection of Daumier lithographs, liquidated in Utrecht in the 1980s |
| LOCKHART JR., James H. | American art lover and Daumier collector from Pittsburgh. He contributed with large donations to various museums. |
| LONGSTREET, G and S. | Two almost complete lithographic Daumier collections. One was sold to the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, the other was sold in 2002 to a private collector in the US |
| LONCLE, Maurice | French lawyer and great Daumier collector |
| LUCAS, George Aloysius | (1824-1909) American art dealer and collector. He bought prints and drawings and donated them to various US museums. Read more about GEORGE LUCAS |
| MAISON, K.E. | French researcher and publisher on Daumier. He published a comprehensive work catalogue on paintings and drawings by Daumier |
| MARONI, A. | (1852-1923) His large collection is split up between the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, the UCLA Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, CA, and the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA |
| MARX, Roger | MARX, Roger (1859-1913) was an important French art critic and collector of Daumier works. He is the father of Claude Roger-Marx (1888-1977), writer, author, journalist and collector. He had an important Daumier collection. |
| NOACK, Lilian and Dieter | Swiss collectors, researchers and publishers of the DAUMIER REGISTER, the first digital Daumier work catalogue |
| PASSERON, Roger | (1920-2020) French collector, researcher and publisher on Daumier. Read more about ROGER PASSERON |
| PHILIPPS, Duncan | Duncan Phillips (1886–1966) was a Washington, D.C., based art collector and critic who played a seminal role in introducing America to modern art. The grandson of James H. Laughlin, a banker and co-founder of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, Phillips was born in Pittsburgh and moved with his family to Washington, D.C. in 1895. Read more about DUNCAN PHILLIPS |
| PROUTÉ, Paul | French art dealer, researcher and publisher on Daumier |
| PROVOST, Louis | French art dealer and researcher. First thematic guide on Daumier’s lithographs, published together with E. Childs, curator. |
| RAMUS, Charles F. | Canadian professor, collector, researcher and publisher on Daumier as well as curator in Denver. His large Daumier collection is now privately owned in the US |
| REINHART, Oskar | (11 June 1885 – 16 September 1965) born in Winterthur, was a Swiss industrialist with the largest Daumier collection in Europe, consisting of paintings, drawings prints etc. His collection now fills two museums, the Museum Oskar Reinhart in the centre of Winterthur, and the Collection Oskar Reinhart "am Roemerholz" at his former home, Am Römerholz, in Winterthur. |
| REY, Robert | Researcher and publisher on Daumier |
| RIM, Carlo | Researcher and publisher on Daumier |
| ROGER-MARX, Claude | French researcher, publisher and collector of works by Daumier. His collection is now partly in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Read more about CLAUDE ROGER-MARX |
| ROSENBERG, Paul, Paris ROSENBERG, Paul, New York | ROSENBERG, Paul (1881–1959), a French art dealer and collector with galleries first in Paris and then in New York. Read more about PAUL ROSENBERG from the archives of the MOMA New York showing historic documents, notes and photographs from his life as an art dealer. |
| ROSENWALD, L.J. | Lessing Julius Rosenwald (February 10, 1891 – June 24, 1979) was an American businessman, a collector of rare books and art, a chess patron, and a philanthropist. He donated his important Daumier collection to the National Gallery of Art in Washington. D.C. |
| ROSSITER, Henry P. | Curator at the Boston Museum of Art |
| ROUART, Henri ROUART Family ROUART, Alexis ROUART, E. | ROUART, Henri 1833 - 1912 was a French Impressionist painter and art collector. He was friends with Edgar Degas, Corot, Pissarro and many other impressionist artists. Not only did he collect the works of his friends, but also of the old Masters. Read more about HENRI ROUART. |
| RÜMANN, Arthur | (1888–1963) German historian and collector, important researcher and publisher on Daumier. He wrote a catalogue raisonné on Daumier’s wood engravings |
| SCHNIEWIND, Carl O. | Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago. His important collection of Daumier lithographs and drawings was liquidated by Boerner and Klipstein in 1933. |
| STINNES, Dr. Heinrich | Cologne, Germany. Art collector (Lugt 1376a), elder brother of the late German industrialist Hugo Stinnes (1870-1924) |
| SUTTON, Denys | Head of the Arts Department at UNESCO |
| THANNHAUSER, Justin K. | Together with his cousin Siegfried Rosengart he had a gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland, which was closed in 1937 after Thannhauser had emigrated to Paris in 1933 due to the National Socialist takeover. In 1940 he settled in New York where he continued working as an art dealer. |
| TRUSTMAN, Benjamin A. and Julia M. | Famous Daumier collectors in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s with 8'600 lithographs plus bronzes. They gave numerous lithos to Brandeis, Harvard and Simmons, and the Boston MFA, and there were numerous exhibitions. |
| Van BEUNINGEN, Daniël George | (1877-1955) Dutch businessman and famous art collector including several works by Daumier. During his life he gave a great part of his collections away to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. |
| WALTERS, William WALTERS, Henry | (1848-1931) Famous American collector from Baltimore. His collection is now at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |