Courtauld's most trusted advisor was the dealer Percy Moore Turner, from whom he had purchased his first two Impressionist paintings in 1922.
Though initially his collection consisted largely of Impressionist paintings, hardly controversial by the time he acquired them, he soon became known for bucking mainstream taste.
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He tried to leave with his collection of French impressionist paintings, but the authorities - knowing he may have some unpaid bills to settle - refused him permission.
His passion for painting began in May 1922, when the Burlington Fine Arts Club in Savile Row, London, mounted a loan exhibition of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings entitled The French School of the Last Hundred Years.
Take, for example, the wealthy industrialist Samuel Courtauld, scion of the Courtauld textile empire, whose collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings assembled during the 1920s and 30s helped permanently establish their importance in the post-war period.
It seems almost frivolous to mention that at the same time many works of art that adorned the offices, boardrooms and waiting rooms of the companies--from Impressionist paintings to a child's watercolor--as well as the World Trade Towers themselves were obliterated.
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After he sold TV Guide to Rupert Murdoch , Walter Annenberg was a great collector of impressionist and modern paintings.
"Joe is an absolute genius, " says New York dealer David Nash, who used to run the impressionist and modern paintings department at Sotheby's.
Many of its dust-jackets carried reproductions of paintings: Impressionist and Modern as well as by old masters.
We traveled the museum, looking at pretty paintings, talking about the famed Impressionist, and even more so about the adrenaline rush of visiting a world-class museum.
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The collection spans a range of styles and eras, including old master paintings and drawings, rare works by impressionist greats, African art and more.
"The collaboration is about having people come in to see beautiful works of art and objects from jewelry to paintings, in particular for the spring seasons kicking off the spring sales next week with our impressionist and modern evening sale and day sale on the 8th and 9th, " says Ms. Kim.
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