Paul Durand Ruel
Paul Durand-Ruel (Paris, 1831 – Paris, 1922) was a French art dealer and gallery owner. He represented some of the 19th-century French painters, especially from the Barbizon School, and the Impressionists. In 1870, he met in London a number of French artists like Charles-François Daubigny, Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. There he founded a gallery and started the "Annual Exhibitions of the Society of French Artists".
Durand-Ruel developed among American collectors this painting market.
"The American public does not laugh. It buys!"
Durand-Ruel also founded the magazine Realisme and worked for Goncourts. His father was also an art dealer.
Pissarro’s friend, the painter Daubigny, recommended him to the art dealer Durand-Ruel, who did much for promotion of the Impressionists’ works; he would organize Pissarro’s exhibitions in Paris (1883) and New York (1886). [1]