Raoul La Roche
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Raoul La Roche was a Swiss banker and prominent art collector known for his patronage of modern architecture and the arts, including commissioning Le Corbusier’s Villa La Roche in Paris.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art collector
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banker → human → |
| architectOfCommissionedBuilding |
Le Corbusier
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| collectionContains |
paintings by Georges Braque
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paintings by Pablo Picasso → works by Amedeo Modigliani → works by Fernand Léger → works by Juan Gris → works by Le Corbusier → |
| commissioned |
Maison La Roche-Jeanneret
→
Villa La Roche → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Switzerland
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| dateOfBirth |
1889
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| dateOfDeath |
1965
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| donatedCollectionTo |
French state
→
Musée National d’Art Moderne → Musée du Louvre → |
| educatedAt |
University of Basel
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| employer |
Bank in Basel
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| fieldOfActivity |
architectural patronage
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finance → modern art collecting → |
| knownFor |
collecting Cubist art
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supporting avant-garde art → |
| languageSpoken |
French
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German → |
| movementSupported |
Cubism
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modernism in architecture → |
| nationality |
Swiss
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| notableFor |
patronage of modern architecture
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patronage of the arts → |
| notableWork |
Villa La Roche
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| occupation |
art collector
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banker → |
| patronOf |
Le Corbusier
→
modern artists → |
| placeOfBirth |
Basel
NERFINISHED
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| placeOfDeath |
Geneva
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| religion |
Protestantism
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| residence |
Basel
NERFINISHED
→
Paris → |
| villaArchitecturalStyle |
International Style
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modernist architecture → |
| villaLocatedIn |
Paris
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Villa La Roche
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designedFor |
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Villa La Roche
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namedAfter |