Samuel Bing

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Siegfried ("Samuel") Bing (1838 - 1905) was a German art dealer in Paris, who started his career by dealing in Japanese art and artworks. He then opened his own store, the Maison de l'Art Nouveau showing works of artists of what would become known as the Art Nouveau movement, named after his store.

Bibliography

• The origins of l'art nouveau: the Bing empire. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, distributed by Cornell University Press 2004. ISBN 0-8014-4387-3
• Miyajima Hisao: S. Bing’s visit to Japan. In: Bulletin of the Study of Japonisme 2 (1982), S. 29-33.

External link

• Bio at Whistler Centre

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