Berthe weill picasso biography

Paris, 1865–Paris, 1951

Berthe Weill was the first and only female dealer to promote avant-garde artists at the beginning of the twentieth century. She was Picasso’s first dealer, before he switched his allegiance to Clovis Sagot, whose shop at 46 rue Lafitte Weill began renting in 1920.

Born into a middle-class family, Weill apprenticed at the renowned antique shop, Mayer, on the rue Laffitte.

After Salvator Mayer’s death in 1897, Weill and her brother opened a gallery at 25, rue Victor Massé in the ninth arrondissement. She was introduced to Picasso in October 1900 through the Catalan dealer, Pedro Manãch, and quickly began showing the artist’s work at her gallery.

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Though Picasso’s early exhibitions were not commercially successful, the artist garnered favorable attention from critics. At her gallery Weill sold Picasso’s works to a range of collectors, including the politician Olivier Saincère, and the banker André Level.

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