Albert Hecht

Albert Hecht (Brussels, 2 July 1842 - Paris, 21 August 1889) was a French banker, dealer and art collector, considered one of the leading Impressionist collectors of the time.[1][2][3]

Early life

Hecht was born in Brussels to Maurice Hecht (born in Bad Dürkheim in 1814 and died in Paris in 1891), also an art collector, and his wife, Jeanne Kohn. Hecht had two brothers Myrtil and Henri. He and Henri built a private collection of hundreds of artworks, mainly Impressionist.

Hecht was friends with Édouard Manet, who art he also collected. He also befriended Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.[4]

Hecht died at the age of 47 in Paris. He bequeathed his large private collection to his daughter Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli. The latter had married the well-known French architect Emmanuel Pontremoli.[5]

Collection Hecht

The collection contains paintings purchased by brothers Albert and Henri Hecht.[6]

Van Oostsanen

  • Jacob Pijnssen, executed in 1514 by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen currently preserved at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe.[7]

Flinck

  • Ritratto di un uomo barbuto in busto, executed in 1638 by Govert Flinck currently held in a private collection.[8]

Van der Werff

  • Ritratto di una donna nelle vesti di Diana, executed in 1686 by Adriaen van der Werff currently held in a private collection.[9]

Fragonard

  • The Procuress, executed in 1770 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard currently preserved at the Fondazione Jan Krugier.[10]
  • Susannah e gli anziani, executed in 1776 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard currently held in a private collection.[11]

Delacroix

  • Cristo sul mare di Galilea, executed in 1852 by Eugène Delacroix currently housed in the Emil Bührle Collection.[12]
  • Saada, la moglie Abraham Ben-Chimol, e Préciada, una delle loro figlie, performed in 1832 by Eugène Delacroix currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[13]

Daumier

Gonzales

Monet

  • Vista di un porto, eseguito da Claude Monet nel 1871 attualmente conservato presso una collezione privata.
  • Barche nel porto di Londra, eseguito da Claude Monet nel 1871 attualmente conservato presso una collezione privata.

Corot

Courbet

  • Madame Auguste Cuoq,1852, by Gustave Courbet, currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[20]
  • Le Rut du printemps. Combat de cerfs,1861, by Gustave Courbet, currently in the Musée d'Orsay.[21]
  • Gustave Courbet, The Spring Carriageway. The Struggle of the Stags, 1861[22]
  • Rocky Edges of la Loue, executed in 1864 by Gustave Courbet, now in a private collection.[23]
  • The Waterfall, executed in 1874 by Gustave Courbet, currently held in a private collection.[24]
  • The Source of the Lison, executed in 1864 by Gustave Courbet, currently in the Berlin State Museums.
  • The Wave, executed in 1865 by Gustave Courbet currently housed in the Walters Art Museum.[15]
  • The Immensity, executed in 1869 by Gustave Courbet currently conserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum.[25]

Degas

Renoir

Barye

Sisley

  • Il lavatoio di Bougival, eseguito nel 1877 da Alfred Sisley attualmente conservato presso una collezione privata.

References

Bibliography

  • Masterpieces of French Painting from the Bührle Collection, 1961.