Albert Pontremoli


Albert Pontremoli, also known as M. Albert Pontremoli,, was a French art collector, lawyer and magistrate of Italian origin.

Biography

Albert Pontremoli was born in Nice to Eleonora Pontremoli, daughter of the Grand Rabbi of Nice Eliseo Pontremoli, and Salvador Pontremoli. His sister, Rebecca, was married to French official Gaston Moch, from whom she had the well-known politician Jules Moch. On his mother's side he was a first cousin of Emmanuel Pontremoli, Pio Pontremoli and Enrico Pontremoli.
After studying law, he began working as a lawyer. He later joined the French Court of Appeal where he would work for part of his career, ending it at the French Ministry of the Navy.

Art collector

He was particularly interested in Impressionist painting, under the influence of his cousins Emmanuel and Albert Hecht. He personally got to know some impressionist painters such as Édouard Manet.
His private collection, one of the most comprehensive, included works by the most important exponents of Impressionism including Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Camille Claudel, Eugène Boudin as well as Eugène Delacroix, Eugène Carrière. Following his death in late 1923 in Paris, his heirs auctioned off his entire large private collection. The sale was divided into three sessions: two in Paris, in July and November 1924, and one in London, in December of the same year.

Collection M.Albert Pontremoli

Delacroix

Faust e Mefistofele nella locanda, Eugène Delacroix nel 1825 attualmente presso Houghton Library, Harvard Usa.Faust, Margherita e Mefistofele in strada, Eugène Delacroix nel 1825 attualmente presso Houghton Library, Harvard Usa.

Jacques De Saint-Aubin

Traces d'une silhouette d'homme de profil, Gabriel-Jacques De Saint-Aubin nel 1864.

Boudin

Donne sulla spiaggia di Berck, 1881 Eugène Boudin, currently at the National Gallery of Art.

Renoir

Ritratto di Théodore de Banville, 1882 Pierre-Auguste Renoir currently at the Parigi Museo d'Orsay.

Rodin

Pissarro