1. Charles Ephrussi was a French art critic, art historian, and art collector.
10 Facts About Charles Ephrussi
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Charles Ephrussi was a part-owner and then editor as well as a contributor to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, the most important art historical periodical in France.
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In 1871, Charles Ephrussi moved to the newly built Hotel Ephrussi, 81 rue de Monceau, in Paris, with his parents and brothers.
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Charles Ephrussi gave two works of art to the Louvre at this time.
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Charles Ephrussi has been identified as the man in a top hat standing with his back to us in Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party.
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In 1891, Charles Ephrussi moved with his brother Ignace to a grander Parisian hotel at 11, avenue d'Iena.
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Charles Ephrussi's taste had changed, and he decorated his part in the Empire style.
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Charles Ephrussi was one of the inspirations for the figure of Swann in Marcel Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu.
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The Charles Ephrussi family was very prominent and thus became the target of anti-Semitic attacks.
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Charles Ephrussi had never married, and left much of his estate to his niece Fanny Kann and her husband Theodore Reinach.