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  • Publisher
· French · 1866–1939

Ambroise Vollard

Dealer of the rue Laffitte who gave Cézanne his first solo show, wrote an early Renoir biography, and arranged the sculpture collaboration between the arthritic Renoir and Richard Guino.

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Lived
1866–1939
Born
1866
Died
1939
Nationality
French
Roles
Art dealerPublisher

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Illustrated portrait of Paul Cézanne

Paul Cézanne

  • Painter

Patron of · 1895

In 1895 Monet and his fellow Impressionists convinced the dealer Ambroise Vollard to mount a show dedicated to Cézanne — the exhibition that began the painter's late rise from obscurity.

Cézanne: The Artist's Artist

Illustrated portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

  • Painter
  • Sculptor

Met

Dealer and early cataloguer of Renoir's work — Vollard published a volume of his paintings, pastels, and drawings in 1918, and museum provenance trails run through his stock: the Orangerie's Gabrielle et Jean and the National Gallery's portrait of Suzanne Valadon both left the studio through Vollard.

Suzanne Valadon (Auguste Renoir, c. 1885) — National Gallery of Art; Gabrielle et Jean (Auguste Renoir) — Musée de l'Orangerie

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Patron of · 1895

Paul Cézanne

In 1895 Monet and his fellow Impressionists convinced the dealer Ambroise Vollard to mount a show dedicated to Cézanne — the exhibition that began the painter's late rise from obscurity.

Cézanne: The Artist's Artist

Met

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Dealer and early cataloguer of Renoir's work — Vollard published a volume of his paintings, pastels, and drawings in 1918, and museum provenance trails run through his stock: the Orangerie's Gabrielle et Jean and the National Gallery's portrait of Suzanne Valadon both left the studio through Vollard.

Suzanne Valadon (Auguste Renoir, c. 1885) — National Gallery of Art; Gabrielle et Jean (Auguste Renoir) — Musée de l'Orangerie