Charles Sedelmeyer

Charles Sedelmeyer (* 1837, † 1925) was an Austrian art dealers and art collectors.

Life

As an art dealer Sedelmeyer worked in Paris from 1866, where he owned his own gallery. In 1901 he sold the painting Colonna Madonna by Raphael at the American JP Morgan. The sale was in that year the most expensive paintings of his time. In 1893 he acquired the French castle Ambleville. Sedelmeyer was married. His daughter Emilie married the art historian Stanislas Lami.

Works (selection)

• Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Paintings, by Modern and Old Masters, and of Water - Colours and Drawings, designed by ME Secretan, sold at the Sedelmeyer 's Gallery, Paris, July, 1889
• Charles Sedelmeyer, Illustrated Catalogue of the Eighth Series of 100 Paintings by Old Masters of the Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French and English Schools, Paris 1902

Literature (selection )

• B. Wild: Charles Sedelmeyer: An Austrian art dealer makes a career in Paris, in: Parnass 14, No. 3 (1994 ), pp. 76-80
• C. Huemer; Charles Sedelmeyer (1837-1925): Art and speculation in the art market in Paris, in: Belvedere: Journal of Visual Arts, 5th born in 1999, No. 2 (Autumn 1999), pp. 4-19
• C. Huemer: Charles Sedelmeyer 's Theatricality: Art and speculation in Late 19th - Century Paris, in: Ján Bakoš (ed.): Artwork through the Market: The Past and the Present, Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences 2004, Pages 109-124
• M. Theinhardtová: Charles Sedelmeyer and Václav Brozík, Cesky Malir history v Paříži (Charles Sedelmeyer and Václav Brozík, a Czech painter of history in Paris), in: Václav Brozík ( 1851-1901 ), Národní galerie v Praze. Valdstejnska jízdárna (Prague, 2003), pp. 111-29
• C. Huemer: Crossing Thresholds: The Hybrid Identity of Late Nineteenth - Century Art Dealers in: Jaynie Anderson ( ed.): Crossing Cultures: Conflict - migration -convergence, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 1007-1011