Alexandre Natanson (September 27, 1866 in Warsaw - March 12, 1938 in Paris) was a lawyer, art collector and publisher of La Revue blanche et Le Cri de Paris.
Biography
editSon of the banker Adam Natanson and Anne Reich, Alexandre had two brothers, Thadée et Louis-Alfred.
He attended high school at lycée Condorcet in Paris, where he met Édouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Marcel Proust and Daniel Halévy before studying law and becoming a lawyer.
He and his brothers Thadée et Louis-Alfred created the artistic literary review La Revue blanche.[1]
He also founded Cri de Paris.[2]
Natanson collected art, and on May 16, 1929, he sold off part of his collection at l'Hôtel Drouot.[3][4]
He married Sara Olga Cahn, and the couple had four children, Evelyn[e] Nattier-Natanson (1891-1962), ; Bolette Natanson (1892-1936),[5] Georgette (1894-1969) and Marcelle.<
Alexandre Natanson was buried at Montmartre cemetery on March 15, 1936.[6]
References
edit- ↑ Rédaction (2023-04-07). "Thadée Natanson : un homme et ses frères, fondateurs de "La revue blanche"" (in French). Retrieved 2025-11-15.
- ↑ "Le Cri de Paris, France, 19e siècle, 4e quart | Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme". www.mahj.org (in French). 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
- ↑ Bulletin des musées de France, Paris, juin 1929, p. 123 — sur Gallica.
- ↑ "Collection Alexandre Natanson : [vente du 16 mai 1929]". bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr.
- ↑ Le Monde illustré, Paris, 13 juin 1936, p. 502 — sur Gallica.
- ↑ Le Petit Journal, Paris, 16 mars 1936, p. 5 — sur Gallica.