Jacques Goudstikker
| Jacques Goudstikker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 30, 1897 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | May 16, 1940 (aged 42) On-board the SS Bodegraven in the English Channel |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Art dealer |
| Years active | 1919–1940 |
| Spouse(s) | Dési von Halban (m. 1937) |
Jacques Goudstikker (August 30, 1897 – May 16, 1940) was a Jewish Dutch art dealer who fled the Netherlands when it was invaded by Nazi Germany during World War II, leaving an extensive and significant art collection including over 30 "Old Masters" which was looted by the Nazis. "Between the two World Wars, Jacques Goudstikker was probably the most important Dutch dealer of Old Master paintings", according to Peter C. Sutton, executive director and CEO of the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science. The Dutch government restored the paintings to the Goudstikker family in 2006, and they were sold at auction in 2007 for almost $10 million.
Goudstikker was born in Amsterdam, the son of an art dealer, Eduard Goudstikker. He studied at the Commercial School in Amsterdam, and more intensely with Wilhelm Martin and William Vogelsang at Leiden and Utrecht. In 1919 he joined his father's Amsterdam gallery, restructured it as a public limited liability company with himself as the director and major shareholder, and introduced a notably more international style; publishing catalogs in French rather than Dutch, and showing for the first time Italian Renaissance paintings, including The Madonna and Child by Francesco Squarcione. This was revolutionary in the Netherlands of the time, where in 1906, Adriaan Pit, the director of the Rijksmuseum, had stated "We have become chauvinistic with regard to the field of art. This worship of our old school of painting, which started thirty years ago is still alive and appears not to let us appreciate any foreign art."
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