René Gimpel

BnF notice d'autorite personne n. FRBNF15103489

Collectionneur d'art

Encyclopedia Britannica-"Art Market-20th Century-Paris"

"Paris remained a crucial market for secondary art throughout the interwar years; the leading dealers were Nathan Wildenstein, the father-and-son partnership of Ernest and René Gimpel, and Jacques Seligmann. For Wildenstein and the Gimpels, the core business was initially in 18th-century French fine art, though both firms (which sustained a partnership, E. Gimpel and Wildenstein, in New York from 1902 to 1919) later became important purveyors of Impressionist works. René Gimpel’s “Diary of an Art Dealer” (1966) provides a first-person account of the heady art scene of the interwar period. "(Britannica School, s.v. "Art market," accessed August 13, 2015. www.britannica.com)