José Victoriano González-Pérez , better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France for most of his active period. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive.
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures — works that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought-after. Modigliani spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. In 1906, he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with such artists as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși. By 1912, Modigliani was exhibiting highly stylized sculptures with Cubists of the Section d'Or group at the Salon d'Automne.
The Bateau-Lavoir is the nickname of a building in the Montmartre district of the 18th arrondissement of Paris that is famous in art history as the residence and meeting place for a group of outstanding early 20th-century artists such as Pablo Picasso, men of letters, theatre people, and art dealers. It is located at No. 13 Rue Ravignan at Place Emile Goudeau, just below the Place du Tertre.
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler was a German-born art collector, and one of the most notable French art dealers of the 20th century. He became prominent as an art gallery owner in Paris beginning in 1907 and was among the first champions of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and the Cubist movement in art.
Giuseppe (“Joe”) Nahmad was an art dealer who specialized in Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern art. He amassed a multi-billion fortune in buying, selling, and collecting works of arts of 19th- and 20th-century artists.
Léonce Rosenberg was an art collector, writer, publisher, and one of the most influential French art dealers of the 20th century. His greatest impact was as a supporter and promoter of the cubists, especially during World War I and in the years immediately after.
Ezra Nahmad is a Monegasque billionaire art dealer and collector of Syrian descent. He lives in Monte Carlo, Monaco. As of April 2023, his net worth is estimated at US$4 billion.
Hillel "Helly" Nahmad is an independent British art dealer of Syrian descent.
Helly Nahmad is an American art dealer and art collector. In 2000, he founded the Helly Nahmad Gallery in Manhattan, New York, which holds several fine art exhibitions each year featuring artists such as Pablo Picasso, Chaïm Soutine, Francis Bacon, and Giorgio de Chirico.
Helly Nahmad may refer to either of two cousins, both art dealers and gallery owners:
Oscar Stettiner was a British antique and art dealer, based in Paris, and whose art allegedly was "seized and auctioned during the Nazi occupation of France."
Seated Man with a Cane is a 1918 oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. The painting has been the subject of a complex ownership dispute since 1946.
Nathaniel Jerome Meyohas is a French, London-based, businessman who is a founding partner of Blandford Capital. Until 2018 Nathaniel was a Partner at Greybull Capital.
Joseph Nahmad is an American art dealer of Syrian Jewish descent, and the founder of the Nahmad Contemporary gallery, located on 980 Madison Avenue in New York. Opened in 2013, the gallery specializes in contemporary artists who rose to prominence during the 1980s, as well as European Modern masters from the 20th century.
Nahmad is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Safra family is a prominent Brazilian family of Syrian Jewish descent. The Safras were bankers and gold traders originally from Aleppo. They were engaged in the financing of trade between Beirut, Aleppo, Istanbul and Alexandria.
