George Viau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Viau

French art collector and dentist

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1855

Place of Birth: Nancy, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 18-Dec-1939

Profession: dentist, art collector

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

George Viau (28 March 1855 – 18 December 1939) was a French dentist and art collector.
His collection, which was built up and sold off more than once, included work by many impressionist painters and the artists who influenced them.
Viau's dental practice was at number 47 Boulevard Haussmann, where one of his patients was Claude Monet.The collection sold in 1907 included works by, among others, Boudin, Carrière, Cassatt, Cézanne, Dagnan-Bouveret, Daumier, Degas, Delacroix, Gauguin, Guillaumin, Jongkind, Lebourg, Lépine, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir and Sisley.A collection of more than 200 paintings owned by Viau went to Wilhelm Hansen, whose collection formed the basis of the Ordrupgaard museum.
After Viau's death, the Hôtel Drouot auctioned paintings from his estate.
One Cézanne in that collection sold for over 5 million francs, and the auction brought in 53 million francs in all.A portrait of Viau painted by Édouard Vuillard in 1914 is held at the Musée d'Orsay.