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The Art of the Baroness
Nancy Holmes
08/02/2004
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When did you first conceive the idea of your own collection?
I think
it was always there after I met Heini. After all, we traveled the world for
years showing the collection everywhere. We made a huge exchange with Russia;
the Russians sent us a group of rarely seen Impressionists and we sent some of
our greatest Old Masters. It was huge success. I will never forget Heini in the
dining room of the villa the night of the opening party. “Look,” he said. “There
are 10 Gauguins hanging around us. They are moving. I feel as if we are living
among them.”
Heini gave me some favorite pictures, and I remember thinking,
“I should make a collection.” He encouraged me in every way. I am actually
following in his footsteps, just as he followed in his father’s. He was my
tutor, the best in the world, and I was his devoted pupil.
I never felt that
my collection could achieve the greatness that his had. It takes more than one
lifetime to assemble that kind of collection. Mine now encompasses over 700
pictures, including Corot, Monet, Sisley and Pissarro. I also have collected the
finest Andalusian and Catalan paintings—enough for two shows, which are on view
in my gallery this summer.
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