Joseph Duveen was British by birth, the eldest of thirteen children of Sir Joseph Joel Duveen. He moved the Duveen company into the risky, but lucrative, trade in paintings and quickly became one of the world's leading art dealers due to his good eye, sharpened by his reliance on Bernard Berenson, and skilled salesmanship. He made his fortune by buying works of art from declining European aristocrats and selling them to the millionaires of the United States.Duveen quickly became extremely wealthy, and made many philanthropic donations. He gave paintings to many British galleries and he donated considerable sums to repair and expand several galleries and museums. Amongst other things he built the Duveen Gallery of the British Museum to house the Elgin Marbles and a major extension to the Tate Gallery. For his philanthropy he was knighted in 1919, created a Baronet, of Millbank in the City of Westminster, in 1927, and raised to the peerage as Baron Duveen, of Millbank in the City of Westminster, on 3 February 1933. He was drinking his morning tea at eight o'clock, on the 25th of May, 1939 at the Claridge Hotel in London, when he was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and died.
Joseph Duveen was British by birth, the eldest of thirteen children of Sir Joseph Joel Duveen. He moved the Duveen company into the risky, but lucrative, trade in paintings and quickly became one of the world's leading art dealers due to his good eye, sharpened by his reliance on Bernard Berenson, and skilled salesmanship. He made his fortune by buying works of art from declining European aristocrats and selling them to the millionaires of the United States.Duveen quickly became extremely wealthy, and made many philanthropic donations. He gave paintings to many British galleries and he donated considerable sums to repair and expand several galleries and museums. Amongst other things he built the Duveen Gallery of the British Museum to house the Elgin Marbles and a major extension to the Tate Gallery. For his philanthropy he was knighted in 1919, created a Baronet, of Millbank in the City of Westminster, in 1927, and raised to the peerage as Baron Duveen, of Millbank in the City of Westminster, on 3 February 1933. He was drinking his morning tea at eight o'clock, on the 25th of May, 1939 at the Claridge Hotel in London, when he was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and died.
Family Members
Parents
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
