Wilhelm Uhde
Wilhelm Uhde (28 October 1874, Friedeberg, Province of Brandenburg (now Poland) – 17 August 1947, Paris) was a German art collector, dealer, author, and critic, an early collector of modernist painting, and a significant figure in the career of Henri Rousseau.
Biography
Born into a
Uhde and Sonia Terk married in 1908 (London), reportedly a marriage of convenience which masked his homosexuality. They divorced in 1910 and Terk married Robert Delaunay.[4]
At the outbreak of World War I, many German nationals living in France had their possessions sequestered by the French state. As a result, Uhde's collection (including works by Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, Juan Gris, Auguste Herbin, Marie Laurencin, Fernand Léger, Jean Metzinger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Puy, and Henri Rousseau) was confiscated in 1914 and sold by the government in a series of auctions at the Hôtel Drouot in 1921.[5][6]
From 1919 to 1920, Uhde worked with
The Sacred Heart painters
Uhde is also known as the principal organiser of the first
Writings
- Picasso et la tradition française, Paris : Les Quatre Chemins, 1928
- Cinq maîtres primitifs, Paris, 1949
- Von Bismarck bis Picasso: Erinnerungen und Bekenntnisse (1938) recent editions:
- Uhde, Wilhelm (2010). Von Bismarck bis Picasso: Erinnerungen und Bekenntnisse. Römerhof Verlag. ISBN 978-3-905894-06-6.
- Uhde, Wilhelm (2002). De Bismarck à Picasso. ISBN 2-910342-22-0.
- Uhde, Wilhelm (2010). Von Bismarck bis Picasso: Erinnerungen und Bekenntnisse. Römerhof Verlag.
Legacy
A significant part of Uhde's life story is told in the 2008 French film
Works from the collection of Wilhelm Uhde
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La danse (Bacchante), oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm. Last known location Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
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Georges Braque, 1909–10, La guitare (Mandora, La Mandore), oil on canvas, 71.1 x 55.9 cm, Tate Modern, London
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Georges Braque, 1911–12, Figure, L'homme à la guitare (Man with a Guitar), oil on canvas, 116.2 x 80.9 cm (45.75 x 31.9 in), Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
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Pablo Picasso, 1909, Buste de femme (Femme en vert, Femme assise), oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm, Van Abbemuseum, Netherlands
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Pablo Picasso, 1909–10, Figure dans un Fauteuil (Seated Nude, Femme nue assise), oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm, Tate Modern, London
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Pablo Picasso, 1910, La Joueuse de Mandoline (Girl with a Mandolin, Fanny Tellier), oil on canvas, 100.3 x 73.6 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Pablo Picasso, 1911–12, Violon (Violin), oil on canvas, 100 x 73 cm (oval), Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
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Pablo Picasso, 1913, Bouteille, clarinette, violon, journal, verre, 55 x 45 cm
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Juan Gris, 1914, Le Compotier (The Fruit Bowl), chalk and oil on canvas, 92 x 65 cm, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
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Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
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Auguste Herbin, 1911, Le pont de fer (Iron Bridge), oil on canvas, 63.5 x 80 cm
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Henri Rousseau, 1909, Portrait of Joseph Brummer, oil on canvas, 116 x 88.5 cm (45.7 x 34.8 in), private collection
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Henri Rousseau, 1886, La Femme en rouge dans le forêt (Am Waldrand), oil on canvas, 70 x 60.5 cm, Kunsthaus Zürich
References
- ^ The amazing life story of Wilhelm Uhde
- ^ Queer places
- ISBN 2-85346-044-4, Paris-Musées, 1987, P. 188
- ^ a b "Dictionary of Art Historians".
- ^ Vente de biens allemands ayant fait l'objet d'une mesure de Séquestre de Guerre: Collection Uhde. Paris, 30 May 1921
- ^ Malcolm Gee, "Dealers, Critics and Collectors of Modern Painting; Aspects of the Parisian Art Market Between 1910 and 1930", Courtauld PhD Dissertation 1977, p25