Back Bernát came from a family of Moravian origin. In the mid-19th century, his family moved to Vienna and then to Gyo"r and Szeged in Hungary. As a wealthy millwright, he invested a considerable proportion of his income in the acquisition of works of art. The collection included works by late...

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1. Verfasser:	Verő, Maria (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch Artikel
Sprache:	German
Veröffentlicht:	[2024]
Schlagworte:	Böhler, Julius > 1860-1934 Back von Begavar, Otto Bernhard > 1871-1953 Geschäftsverbindung
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Zusammenfassung:	Back Bernát came from a family of Moravian origin. In the mid-19th century, his family moved to Vienna and then to Gyo"r and Szeged in Hungary. As a wealthy millwright, he invested a considerable proportion of his income in the acquisition of works of art. The collection included works by late medieval Tyrolean artists as well as works by contemporary Italian, German and Hungarian masters. He acquired works by old masters from renowned art dealers and showed a keen interest in the history of valuable paintings. The collection no longer exists today, as Bernhard von Back was forced to sell a large part of it in 1929. Some paintings were given to the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, others were acquired by collectors and important art museums in Hungary and abroad. It can be assumed that the contact with the Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler in Munich was established through his friend Sigmund Röhrer (1861–1929), also a collector and art dealer. This relationship is documented in 68 letters, invoices and photographs for the period from 1905 to 1931. Over the years, Back bought around 20 important works of art from Böhler. A ‘scandal’ surrounding Sir Thomas Lawrence’s ‘Portrait of a Man’ from 1929 illustrates how the information in the Böhler archive can be interpreted through the documents preserved in the collector’s correspondence.
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