Daniel Wildenstein

Daniel Wildenstein (September 11, 1917 - October 23, 2001) was a major international art dealer, collector, and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.

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September 11 - 1917 - October 23 - 2001 - Art - Thoroughbred - Race horse

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Born in Paris, France, Wildenstein was the head of Wildenstein & Company, a family business that is one of the world's most successful art dealers with galleries in Paris, London, New York City and Tokyo. He was also a distinguished scholar of Impressionism, preparing catalogues raisonnés for Claude Monet, Edouard Manet and Paul Gauguin.

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Paris, France - Paris - London - New York City - Tokyo - Impressionism - Catalogues raisonnés - Claude Monet - Edouard Manet - Paul Gauguin

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Daniel Wildenstein was also a horse racing enthusiast who owned Peintre Celebre, All Along and numerous other champion horses that won the most prestigious races in France, the United Kingdom and the United States. He acquired Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard, the prestigious breeding farm in Alençon that had belonged to Marcel Boussac.

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Peintre Celebre - All Along - France - United Kingdom - United States - Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard - Alençon - Marcel Boussac

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Wildenstein died in 2001 at the age of 84 in a Paris hospital following surgery, leaving his vast collection of impressionist paintings estimated at around eight billion dollars to his sons Guy and Alec

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