Background
Wildenstein, Daniel Leopold was born on September 11, 1917 in Verrieres-le-Buisson, France. Son of Georges and Jane (Levi) Wildenstein.
historian Art gallery executive
Wildenstein, Daniel Leopold was born on September 11, 1917 in Verrieres-le-Buisson, France. Son of Georges and Jane (Levi) Wildenstein.
Licencie-es-lettres, Sorbonne, 1939.
Joined Wildenstein and Company Incorporated., New York 1940, Vice-President 1943-1959, President 1959-1968, Chairman since 1968. President Wildenstein Foundation Incorporated., New York since 1964. Director Wildenstein and Company Limited., London, and Wildenstein Arte, Buenos Aires since 1963.
Founder and
Director of Activities, Musee Jacquemart-Andre, and of Musee Chaalis (Institut de France), Paris, 62. Director Gazette des Beaux-Arts since 1963. Commander des Arts et des Lettres, Commander de l’ordre de Leopold II (Belgium).
American Institute of France, New York since 1947. French Chamber of Commerce in United States. Institute de France (Academie des Beaux-Arts), Commander des Arts et des Lettres, Commander de l’ordre de Leopold II (Belgium).
Married Martine Kapferer, 1939 (divorced 1968). Children: Alec, Guy; married Sylvia Roth, 1978.