Isaac de Camondo

Photograph of Comte Isaac de Camondo circa 1890

Comte Isaac de Camondo (born 3 July 1851 in Constantinople; died 7 April 1911 in Paris) was a member of the House of Camondo noted primarily as an art collector^[1] with a noteworrthy interest in the then "avant-garde" artists of the Impressionist^[2] and Post-Impressionist movements. He bequeathed his collection to The Louvre in 1908.^[3] He worked as a banker^[4][5] and was an amateur composer.^[6]

References

1. Cézanne to Picasso edited by Rebecca A. Rabinow, Douglas W. Druick, and Maryline Assante di Panzillo
2. Jewish Icons by Richard I. Cohen, pg 191
3. André Salmon on French Modern Art by André Salmon
4. International Banking 1870-1914 edited by Rondo Cameron William Rand, pg 426
5. The New Bibliopolis by Willa Z. Silverman, pg 208
6. The Monthly Musical Record, Volume 36, pg 104