Raoul Albert La Roche | |
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| Born | 23 fébruary 1889 Basel |
| Died | 15 june 1965 Basel |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | Banker |
| Occupation(s) | Donator and collector of art |
Raoul Albert La Roche, born in 23 fébruary 1889 at Basel (in Switzerland) and dead the 15 june 1965, in the same city.
It was a banker but also a donator and collector of art. [1]
Biography
editChildhood
editRaoul Albert La Roche was born (February 23, 1889) and grew up in Basel (Switzerland) in a bourgeois family, very close to the world of art.
Professional carreer in France
editIn 1912, at the age of 23, he moved to Paris (France) to work for the "Banque suisse et française" (BSF) who will become in 1917 the "Crédit commercial de France". He will make his career there until his retirement in 1954.
Its links with the artistic world
editIn 1918, Raoul Albert La Roche met Le Corbusier and he was seduced by the purism painting of which he then laid the foundations.
In 1922, on the occasion of a trip to Venice and Vicenza with Le Corbusier, Raoul Albert La Roche plans to have a villa built by his friend. This project will become the "Villa della Rocca"[2] in Paris, at the "Square du Docteur-Blanche". The villa will be built in joint ownership with that of the brother of Le Corbusier, the violinist Albert Jeanneret and will house his collections of paintings, paintings by Picasso[3], Braque[4], Fernand Léger[5]. Raoul Albert La Roche will donate this villa to Le Corbusier to install his foundation.
Death
editRoual Albert La Roche died on 15 June 1965 in Basel. He bequeathed one third of his collections to the musée du Louvre, another third to his hometown (Basel) and the last third to the fondation Le Corbusier.[6]
Sources et references
edit- ^ Jean Jenger, Le Corbusier : Choix de lettres, ed. Springer, 2002 ISBN 3764364556
- ^ Fondation Le Corbusier : Villa Della Rocca
- ^ (in English)Christopher Green, Picasso: Architecture and Vertigo, page 21, ed. Yale University Press, 2006 ISBN 030010412X,
- ^ Michèle Richet, Nadine Pouillon, ill. Georges Braque, pages 30,37, 55, Georges Braque: Orangerie des Tuileries, 16 octobre 1973 - 14 janvier 1974, ed. des musées nationaux, 1973
- ^ Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger: 1925-1928, vol. 3 de Fernand Léger: catalogue raisonné, page 100-230, ed. A. Maeght, 1993
- ^ Testament sur le site de la Fondation Le Corbusier
Look too
editInternals Links
editTo read too
edit- Jacques Sbriglio, Le Corbusier: les villas la Roche-Jeanneret, éd. Fondation Le Corbusier, 1997, ISBN 376435433X
- La Revue des arts, vol. 3 à 4, pages 250-251, éd. Conseil des musées nationaux, 1953
- Pierre Courthion, D'une palette à l'autre: mémoires d'un critique d'art, éd. Baconnière Arts, 2004, ISBN 2915306036
- (in English)Andrew Ayers, The Architecture of Paris: An Architectural Guide, pages 245-247, Édition Axel Menges, 2004, ISBN 393069896X
- (in English)Christopher Green, Art in France, 1900-1940, page 57-58, ed. Yale University Press, 2003, ISBN 0300099088
- La Roche, Raoul in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Externals links
edit- Notice in a dictionary or general encyclopedia : Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse
- Fine Arts Resources : Index of Historic Collectors and Dealers of Cubism • Union List of Artist Names
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