Adolphe Goupil
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Adolphe Goupil

French art dealer and publisher (1806–1893)

Jean-Baptiste Michel Adolphe Goupil (11 March 1806 - 9 May 1893) was a French industrialist and one of the most important art dealers and art publishers in 19th-century France. He founded the international art dealers Goupil & Cie.2

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Born Mar 11, 1806, died May 9, 1893.1

About

He is not to be confused with the painter and engraver Jules-Adolphe Goupil (1839–1883).

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Companies

Career

Occupation: printer, art collector, bookseller, publisher, art dealer, printseller.6

  • 1875 to 1893Mayor of Saint-Martin-aux-Chartrains5
  • Date not recordedFounded M. Knoedler & Co.3
  • Date not recordedFounded Goupil & Co4

Personal life

  • BornMar 11, 1806, former 2nd arrondissement of Paris7
  • DiedMay 9, 1893, 9th arrondissement of Paris8
  • CitizenshipFrance9

He was the son of pharmacist Auguste Goupil and his wife Anne Lutton (1774-1849). This made him grandson to the painter G. Drouais. In August 1829 he married Victorine Elisabeth Brincard (1808-1886) from Belfort, with whom he had five children: Auguste Léon (1830-1855), Amélie (1835-1866), Albert (1840-1884), Marie (1841-1912) and Blanche (1845-?).

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Awards

  • 1877Officer of the Legion of Honour10 11