Severyn Ashkenazy
| Severyn Ashkenazy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 (age 80–81) Ternopil, Poland |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
University of Paris UCLA (did not graduate) |
| Occupation | Hotelier, philanthropist |
| Children |
Sev Aszkenazy Stefan Ashkenazy Adrian Ashkenazy Keighley Ashkenazy |
| Parent(s) | Izador Ashkenazy |
| Relatives |
Arnold Ashkenazy (brother) Goga Ashkenazi (former daughter-in-law) |
Severyn Ashkenazy (born 1936) is a Polish-born American hotelier and philanthropist.
Severyn Ashkenazy was born in 1936 in Ternopil, then part of Poland, now in Western Ukraine. He has a brother, Arnold. Their father, Izador Ashkenazy, was an art collector who owned paintings by Matisse, Monet, Gauguin, Picasso, and Manet.
During World War II, he hid in the cellar of a mansion in the countryside.
After the war, he moved to France, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature from the University of Paris. He then attended graduate school at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for four years, but did not complete his degree.
He developed L'Ermitage Beverly Hills with his brother Arnold, which opened in 1976. As of 1989, he co-owned it with him brother, as well as the Bel Age and Mondrian hotels.
Meanwhile, his brother Arnold Ashkenazy purchased paintings by "Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, John Altoon, Saul Steinberg, and California impressionist William Wendt, and lithographs by Joan Miro, Marc Chagall and Alexander Calder." The brothers hung many of their paintings on the walls of their hotels.
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