Alfred Lindon | |
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Born | Abner Lindenbaum c. 1867 |
Died | 1948 (aged 80–81) |
Occupation(s) | Jeweller, art collector |
Spouse | Fernande Citroën |
Children |
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Parent(s) | Moses Lindenbaum Caroline Weil |
Relatives | André Citroën (brother-in-law) Mathieu Lindon (great-grandson) Vincent Lindon (great-grandson) |
Alfred Lindon (born Abner Lindenbaum; c. 1867 – 1948) was a Polish jeweller from a poor Jewish background who became an expert on pearls. He married into the Citroën family and built an important collection of modern art that was looted by the Nazis in occupied Paris during the Second World War. He lived to see some of his paintings returned, although others were returned to his heirs after his death.