Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli

Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli 1882 by Edouard Manet, Orsay MuseumSuzanne Hecht Pontremoli (Paris, 31 December 1876 – Paris, 19 March 1956) was a French art collector.

Biography Suzanne Hecht was born in Paris to Albert Hecht (born in Brussels on 2 July 1842 and died in Paris on 21 August 1889), one of the greatest and most important Impressionist collectors, and Mathilde Oulman (born in Versailles on 8 July 1849 and died in Paris in 1937). In 1896 she married the famous Italian-born architect Emmanuel Pontremoli, grandson of Eliseo Pontremoli.

Her father Albert had his friend Édouard Manet make three portraits of his daughter, dated 1882. They are currently in the Musée d'Orsay.

With her husband Emmanuel Pontremoli, she began collecting the works of the most influential artists of the time, including John Constable, Eugène Delacroix, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet and Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, some of which she inherited from her father.

During the Nazi occupation of France, his sons Michel Pontremoli and Jean Pontremoli enlisted and fought with the French partisan force. In 1944, they both died at the hands of the Nazis.

When Emmanuel Pontremoli died in 1956, he left his entire art collection to his daughter Thérèse (1900-1989). Dedham Lock, 1820 by John Constable owned by Suzanne Hecht P. Following the death of his daughter Therese in 1987, some paintings were given to the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Works from the S.Hecht E.Pontremoli Collection

The collection includes paintings collected by Suzanne and her husband Emmanuel Pontremoli.

Watteau Donne vestite con grandi cappotti, una con in mano una maschera, executed in 1799 by Jean-Antoine Watteau.

Constable

Manet

Corot

Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi, executed by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot in 1865 currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Monet

Barche in porto di Londra, executed by Claude Monet in 1881 currently in a private collection.

Fragonard The Procuress, executed in 1770 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard currently at Fondazione Jan Krugier.

Degas Il Balletto dell'Opera di Parigi, executed by Edgar Degas in 1877 currently at Art Institute of Chicago.

Sisley

Hervier Donna che raccoglie un legno spezzato, executed in 1855 by Adolphe Hervier currently at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.