Armand Doria

Count Armand Doria (1824-1896) was a French aristocrat, art collector and patron. He served as the mayor of Orrouy from 1864 to 1896. He acquired a significant collection of impressionist works, including paintings subsequently exhibited in museums in Europe and the United States.

Early life Count Armand-François-Paul des Friches Doria was born on April 24, 1824, in Paris, France. His father, Stanislas-Philippe-Henri Doria, was a marquis, which title his elder brother, Arthur, inherited.

Count Doria grew up in the family castle in Cayeux-en-Santerre and a hôtel particulier on the rue de la Perle in Le Marais, Paris. Other long-term guests were Gustave-Henri Colin and Victor Vignon. Another Corot painting, View of Olevano, is at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. He purchased many more paintings by Corot over the years. He was also the owner of La Leçon de tricot by Jean-François Millet. Additionally, Count Doria owned La maison du pendu by Paul Cézanne, but he exchanged it with art collector Victor Chocquet for another Cézanne painting, La Neige fondante.

Count Doria also mentored Léon-Honoré Labande, who served as the archivist of the Prince's Palace of Monaco from 1906 to 1939.

Personal life

Count Doria married Marie-Berthe de Villiers, the daughter of Prudent-Léopold de Villiers and Elizabeth Poulletier de Suzenet, in 1854. They resided at the Château d'Orrouy, owned by his grandparents, in Orrouy, Oise, Picardy. They had a son, François Doria, and a daughter, Marie-Luce. His wife died four years into their marriage. His daughter died when she was twenty years old.

Death Count Doria died on May 7, 1896. He was buried in Orrouy.