Gilbert de Rorthays
Vicomte Gilbert de Rorthays, alias René de Marmande, was a French art critic, art dealer, and the Paris correspondent for The Burlington Magazine.
Gilbert de Rorthays | |
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| Born | Marie Constant Emmanuel de Rorthay de Saint Hilaire 1 January 1875 Vannes, Morbihan, France |
| Died | 22 October 1949 (aged 74) Chapelle-Forainvillers, Eure-et-Loir, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Art critic, art dealer |
Career
Advertising for the Marlborough Gallery, 1913.
In Paris, De Rorthays was the correspondent for The Burlington Magazine for which he filed regular reports on the Paris art scene with the magazine.
From 1911, he dealt from Max Rothschild and Robert René Meyer-Sée's The Sackville Gallery in London before moving to the Marlborough Gallery with Meyer-Sée in August 1912.[1]
In 1912, de Rothrays was one of the committee that organised a display of English eighteenth century art at the offices of Gil Blas in aid of the survivors from the explosion of the French battleship the Liberté.[2]
Selected publications
- La loi du 16 Avril 1895, considérations pratiques. Paris, Poussielgue, 1895.
References
- Pezzini, Barbara. "London: an avant-garde show within the old-master trade." The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 155, July 2013, pp. 471-479.
- "Art in France", R.E.D., The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. 20, No. 106, January 1912, pp. 247-248.
External links
- The Sackville Gallery – Old Masters and Avant-Garde in London. The Burlington Magazine Index Blog.
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