Armand Doria
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| Born |
Armand-François-Paul des Friches Doria April 24, 1824 Paris, France |
| Died | May 7, 1896 (aged 72) |
| Residence | Château d'Orrouy, Orrouy, Oise, Picardy, France |
| Occupation | Art collector |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Berthe de Villiers |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Parent(s) | Stanislas-Philippe-Henri Doria |
Count Armand Doria (1824-1896) was a French aristocrat, art collector and patron. He served as the mayor of Orrouy from 1864 to 1896. He acquired a significant collection of impressionist works, including paintings subsequently exhibited in museums in Europe and the United States.
Count Armand-François-Paul des Friches Doria was born on April 24, 1824 in Paris, France. His father, Stanislas-Philippe-Henri Doria, was a marquis, which title his elder brother, Arthur, inherited. His paternal family was ennobled in 1539, during the ancien régime.
Count Doria grew up in the family castle in Cayeux-en-Santerre and a hôtel particulier on the in Le Marais, Paris. He was raised as a Roman Catholic, and confessed to Félix Dupanloup.
Count Doria served as the mayor of Orrouy from 1864 to 1896. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he encouraged local inhabitants to enlist in the French army and protected the town from the Prussian invaders. Count Doria was conservative, and he was influenced by the works of Joseph de Maistre, Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald and Antoine Eugène Genoud.
Count Doria was a patron of the arts and art collector. For example, he was a patron to Adolphe-Félix Cals, who stayed in his castle for an extended period of time. Other long-term guests were Gustave-Henri Colin and Victor Vignon. Count Doria also invited Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Édouard Manet.
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