16 Facts About Paul Gallimard

Paul Gallimard was born in 1850 to businessman Gustave Gallimard and his wife Henriette.

Paul Gallimard developed an appreciation for art collecting at an early age through his father's painting collection, which collected together works from the Barbizon school.

Paul Gallimard took a dilettante interest in architecture, once drawing architectural design ideas for a museum in Buenos Aires while on a trip to South America.

Paul Gallimard did not pursue art as a profession but lived on his inherited fortune.

Paul Gallimard was the owner of the Theatre des Varietes and the Theatre de l'Ambigu-Comique, and several other properties in Paris.

Paul Gallimard lived in a hotel particulier at 79 Rue Saint-Lazare in Paris and owned a villa in the seaside resort community of Benerville-sur-Mer on the English Channel.

On 12 April 1880, Paul Gallimard married Lucie Duche, Paul Gallimard's marriage to Lucie Duche, the granddaughter of editor-printer Amedee Guyot.

Paul Gallimard's mistress was the actress and opera singer Amelie Dieterle, who was twenty-one years his junior.

Paul Gallimard was compromised with Dieterle in a scandal which involved fake Rodin sculptures.

Paul Gallimard was charged with counterfeiting and aiding and abetting by Judge Bonin in 1919.

Paul Gallimard died on 9 March 1929 in his Rue Saint-Lazare residence.

Paul Gallimard supported the painter financially and in 1892 invited him to travel together to Madrid for a month.

The importance of the Paul Gallimard Collection was recognized in 1908 in an article written by the influential art critic Louis Vauxcelles in the magazine Les Arts.

Paul Gallimard brought together numerous first editions, mostly by French authors of the 19th century.

Paul Gallimard's library produced expensive limited-edition books, including a limited edition of Germinie Lacerteux by the Goncourt brothers, which appeared in an edition of only three copies.

Paul Gallimard is described as a "bibliophile" by journalist Eleonore Sulser.