PAUL
GUILLAUME (1891-1934)
French
art patron and collector. If the twentieth century brought a new
kind of artist, the Paul Guillaume was a new kind of patron. Unlike
most patrons of the past, Guillaume was from a humble background
and was as concerned with the lives and aesthetic aims of artists
as he was with the money generated by their work. One Modigliani
portrait of Guillaume is inscribed Novo Pilota or 'new helmsman,'
indicating the Frenchman's place at the forefront of the art world
of his time.
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