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· French

Domenica Walter

Paul Guillaume's widow, who reshaped his holdings and sold them to the French state as the Walter-Guillaume collection shown at the Orangerie.

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French
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Jean Walter

  • Architect

Married to · 1938–1957

Her second marriage, four years after Paul Guillaume's death. Walter — a former aide-de-camp to Clemenceau with a North African mining fortune — died in 1957; the collection she sold the state in 1959 and 1963 carries both husbands' names at her request.

History of the Collection — Musée de l'Orangerie

Illustrated portrait of Paul Guillaume

Paul Guillaume

  • Art dealer
  • Collector
  • Publisher

Married to · 1920–1934

He married Juliette Lacaze in 1920 and gave her the name she kept, Domenica. After his death she married the architect Jean Walter in 1938 and reshaped the collection into the Walter-Guillaume ensemble.

History of the Collection — Musée de l'Orangerie

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Married to · 1938–1957

Jean Walter

Her second marriage, four years after Paul Guillaume's death. Walter — a former aide-de-camp to Clemenceau with a North African mining fortune — died in 1957; the collection she sold the state in 1959 and 1963 carries both husbands' names at her request.

History of the Collection — Musée de l'Orangerie

Married to · 1920–1934

Paul Guillaume

He married Juliette Lacaze in 1920 and gave her the name she kept, Domenica. After his death she married the architect Jean Walter in 1938 and reshaped the collection into the Walter-Guillaume ensemble.

History of the Collection — Musée de l'Orangerie