Sophie
Motsch will tell the story of the banker
Moïse de Camondo and the
hôtel particulier he
built next to the Parc Monceau between 1911 and 1914 to display his collection of French decorative art from the second half of the 18th
century. Upon the death of Moïse de Camondo in 1935, both the
hôtel particulier and its collections were bequeathed to
the Museum of Decorative Arts in honor of his son, Nissim de Camondo, who had been killed in action during World War I. The
hôtel
particulier opened
as a house museum in 1936.
Lecture in English.
