Frits Lugt
Frits Lugt Frederik Johannes Lugt actually ( born May 4, 1884 in Amsterdam, † 15 July 1970 ) was a Franco- Dutch art historian and art collector.
Life
Lugt worked at an Amsterdam auction house. He married Jacoba Klever 1910 ( 1888-1969 ), with whom he lived in Maartensdijk in the province of Utrecht and had five children. In the twenties, he was commissioned to catalog the drawings and prints of the Paris museums and libraries. Jacoba Lugt entered 1935 a substantial legacy that made it possible for both to act as an art collector. Because of their Mennonite faith they had to flee via Switzerland to the United States, where he could work at Oberlin College after the German occupation of the Netherlands. The residual in the Netherlands part of their collection was stolen by the department Mühlmann. After the war they settled in Paris, where, in 1947 founded the "Fondation Custodia " and helped in 1957 the "Institute Néerlandais " in Paris to set up.
His major work, Les Marques of the Collections of the design et d' Estampes was repeatedly revised and supplemented since 1921 and is the standard work on the proprietary notices of artistic prints and works on paper. The " Frits Lugt Collection" at the Hôtel Turgot in Paris is a research institute that over a large collection of drawings ( 7000), Print (30000 ), paintings (220) Artist letters ( 40000 ) as well as books available.
Exhibitions
Works
- Le Portrait Miniature, Amsterdam: PN van Kampen & Fils, 1917
- By Rembrandt in Amsterdam, Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1920
- Les Marques de collections de dessins & d' Estampes, Amsterdam: Vereenigde drukkerijen, 1921
Supplement:
- Les marques de collections de dessins & d' Estampes; estampillées et marques de collections écrites particulières et publiques. Marques de marchands, de assembler et d' Imprimeurs. Cachets de vente d'artistes décédés. Marques de graveurs après le tirage apposées of planches. Timbres d' édition. Etc., La Haye. M. Nijhoff, 1956.