tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post910767336119262785..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Musée Nissim de Camondo, ParisHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-43124624917065751702019-04-08T05:27:20.040+10:002019-04-08T05:27:20.040+10:00Unknown
that was sadly true, all over Europe, and...Unknown<br /><br />that was sadly true, all over Europe, and particularly so in elegant and cultivated cities like Paris. <br /><br />But when the Germans attacked France and defeated the French army, the French government left Paris in June 1940! Beatrice's family avoided catastrophe until 1943 and by then they couldn't survive any longer. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40635185794147169052019-04-07T23:03:07.943+10:002019-04-07T23:03:07.943+10:00Beatrice considered herself protected: she had Fre...Beatrice considered herself protected: she had French nationality, her brother fought and died for France, her father donated a fortune (the house and its rich contents) to the nation. She didn't think it necessary to leave France. Many people, all over Europe, thought like her and perished.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705530881760032949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72772209330713860082016-06-23T00:22:33.912+10:002016-06-23T00:22:33.912+10:00mem
do you mean the Gallia family treasures? I lo...mem<br /><br />do you mean the Gallia family treasures? I loved Vienna anyhow but I was in heaven when the Vienna Art & Design exhibition came to Melbourne. Before WW1 Moriz Gallia commissioned one of my favourite architects, Josef Hoffmann, to design rooms for the family's new home. What a stroke of great fortune that the furniture, carpets, glass and silverwork survived by being taken to Australia.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24195743314368411312016-06-23T00:15:15.266+10:002016-06-23T00:15:15.266+10:00Andrew
The Camondo family had only been in France...Andrew<br /><br />The Camondo family had only been in France for three generations by 1939. So I assume they wanted to prove their undying loyalty to France, and gratitude to France. Never in a million years did they think half of France would be taken over by the Germans, and the other half would cooperate with the Germans.<br /><br />I used to ask my father in law all the time: why on earth didn't you and your family leave Czechoslovakia by 1939? He said a] he would never have left his parents, b] they had a decent home and good employment, and c] above all they all loved Czechoslovakia. By 1945, his parents, brother, sister-in-law and six of the seven nieces and nephews had been exterminated. Bad decision to remain :(Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47068726472577325942016-06-23T00:02:06.056+10:002016-06-23T00:02:06.056+10:00Deb
that is so true. It wouldn't matter how b...Deb<br /><br />that is so true. It wouldn't matter how beautiful Moïse de Camondo's fine and decorative arts were, or how scholarly his approach to collection and display was, Camondo had to be in the right place (Paris) at the right time (Belle Epoque). So I would want to know who Camondo's art colleagues were, which publishers he worked with, which theatres/concerts/operas he attended and whether he was a participant in any particular Cultural Salon or not.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-15076093544954675812016-06-22T23:49:57.146+10:002016-06-22T23:49:57.146+10:00Joseph
The Louvre says it was a complex story. Ca...Joseph<br /><br />The Louvre says it was a complex story. Catherine II of Russia was fascinated by French arts and wanted to commission a silver service. It was the sculptor Falconet who suggested that Frenchmen Jacques and Jacques-Nicolas Röettiers should produce the set. As silversmiths to the king, the two were famous; they had made services for Louis XV, a definite seal of approval. The Neo-classical works of the Parisian silversmiths were revered throughout Europe - the royal courts of Great Britain and Sweden all acquired silver services.<br /><br />Negotiations with the Röettiers went on for quite a long time, but the three-thousand piece service for sixty people began to be delivered in 1770. The service was one of many gifts showered on Count Grigori Orloff (1743-83) by Catherine II. On Orloff's death, ownership of the service was transferred to the Russian royal house. In the interwar years, silver art was sold by the Soviet government to Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Gulbenkian Collection in Lisbon and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. AND back to France via the Louvre and Musée Nissim de Camondo!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24088367560206413332016-06-22T17:26:33.411+10:002016-06-22T17:26:33.411+10:00I loved Hare with the Amber Eyes . I thoroughly ag...I loved Hare with the Amber Eyes . I thoroughly agree with your recommendations . We have some wonderful furniture here in the national gallery of Victoria commissioned by wealthy Jewish patrons in Vienna and the shipped to Australia as they escaped the horrors to come memhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05520080648914042943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12833248581232653312016-06-22T12:48:03.409+10:002016-06-22T12:48:03.409+10:00Camondo's remaining daughter and son in law we...Camondo's remaining daughter and son in law were no doubt people of means. Why did they not seek refuge in another country? Money could not buy you refuge?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-7399040181247313112016-06-22T09:46:30.003+10:002016-06-22T09:46:30.003+10:00Helen
Everyone should visit. Our guide was terrif...Helen<br /><br />Everyone should visit. Our guide was terrific on 18th century furniture, silver and Sèvres porcelain. But for a two hour tour, I wanted to know more about the home, the family and glamorous Paris living. Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-58204136215909870442016-06-21T23:28:09.994+10:002016-06-21T23:28:09.994+10:00Roettiers' silver pieces were works of art!!! ...Roettiers' silver pieces were works of art!!! How strange that he was French, saw his work commissioned by Russian royalty, then saw his best works go back to Paris.Josephnoreply@blogger.com