Isaac de Camondo
Illustration — Photograph of Comte Isaac de Camondo circa 1890 Count Isaac de Camondo (born 3 July 1851 in Istanbul; died 7 April 1911 in Paris) was a member of the House of Camondo, noted primarily as an art collector with a noteworthy interest in the then "avant-garde" artists of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements. He bequeathed his collection to The Louvre in 1908, for which a new suite of exhibition rooms was arranged on the second floor of the wing between the Pavillon Mollien and the Grande Galerie and opened in mid-1914. He inherited the principal role in the family's banking business in 1889, but did not display interest in the bank's development and closed its Istanbul operations in 1894.
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Isaac de Camondo
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- Born
- 1851 · Constantinople.
- Died
- 1911 · Paris.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- banker · art collector · diplomat · composer
- Honours
- Commander of the Legion of Honour · Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy · Order of the Medjidie · Commander of the Order of Christ · knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Photograph of Comte Isaac de Camondo circa 1890 Count Isaac de Camondo (born 3 July 1851 in Istanbul; died 7 April 1911 in Paris) was a member of the House of Camondo, noted primarily as an art collector with a noteworthy interest in the then "avant-garde" artists of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements. He bequeathed his collection to The Louvre in 1908, for which a new suite of exhibition rooms was arranged on the second floor of the wing between the Pavillon Mollien and the Grande Galerie and opened in mid-1914. He inherited the principal role in the family's banking business in 1889, but did not display interest in the bank's development and closed its Istanbul operations in 1894.
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He was also a skilled amateur composer. A generous philanthropist who did not insist on giving his name to initiatives he sponsored, he was instrumental in the creation of the Société des amis du Louvre and in the establishment of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées by Gabriel Astruc.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Order of the Medjidie and Commander of the Order of Christ.
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1851
Isaac de Camondo was born on 3 July 1851.
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Isaac de Camondo died on 7 April 1911.
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His recorded language was French. He was the child of Salomon Rafael Kamondo. Camondo received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Order of the Medjidie, Commander of the Order of Christ and knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. Recorded with the occupation art collector. Recorded as having received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy and Order of the Medjidie.
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