Felix Eliyahu Bondi (born October 26, 1860 in Dresden; died January 17, 1934 in Dresden) was a German lawyer, notary, banker and art collector.
Life
editFelix Bondi was a Dresden lawyer and councillor of justice as well as a partner in Bondi & Maron, a bank founded by his family.[1] He was the son of the lawyer, banker and councillor of commerce Joseph Bondi (1818-1897) and his second wife Julie, née Gottschalk. Felix Bondi became a lawyer and notary in his home town of Dresden. After the death of his father in 1897, he became a partner in the Bondi & Maron banking house in Dresden.[2]
Bondi was an honorary judge at the Franco-German Court of Arbitration in Paris. He was co-editor of Staub's Praxis der Finanzierung in 1929 and the 1932 supplement, and also wrote for several legal journals. He was also a member of several supervisory boards and was active in many areas of charitable work and as a patron of the arts.
Art collection
editBondi belonged to the Sächsischer Kunstverein and the Dresdner Kunstgenossenschaft and was a co-founder of the Dresdner Museumsverein. He was also known as an art collector.[3][4] His collection, which included works by Max Klinger, Emil Orlik, Ferdinand Schmutzer, Max Liebermann, Félicien Rops, Heinrich Vogeler, Otto Fischer, Karl Hofer, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Camille Pissarro, Camille, Paul Signac, Alfred Sisley, Franz von Stuck, and Ander Leonard Zorn,[5] was housed in the Villa Comeniusstrasse 33. Many works were lost in the Nazi era partly due to a bombing raid on February 13/14, 1945.
He last lived in Dresden-Weißer Hirsch, Niddastrasse 9.[6]
His grave is located in the urn grove in Dresden-Tolkewitz, Wehlener Straße.
Family
editBondi married in 1890 to Anna, née Engelmann, from Ölmütz.[7] Their son Herbert Leopold (1891-1914) died of a gunshot wound in the First World War; their son Erich Hellmut (1903-1922) also died young. Their son Joseph Werner (1898-1977) was an engineer. Their daughter Lalla was married to Gert Caden. Their daughter Sofie married Karl Isaak in Vienna on May 29, 1923; Felix Bondi wrote the commemorative publication Ein fröhliches Buch, which was published by Nathan Kaufmann in Frankfurt am Main.
Nazi era persecution
editWhen the Nazis came to power in 1933, Bondi and his family were persecuted because of their Jewish heritage. The family bank was aryanized.[8] The heirs of Felix Bondi have registered 55 search requests for lost art on the German Lost Art Foundation website.[5]
Literature
edit- Herrmann A. L. Degener: Degeners Wer ist’s?. X. Ausgabe, Berlin 1935, S. 162.
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bondi, Felix | Lost Art Database". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "5. Literarische Gruppen und Vereine in Dresden im 19. Jahrhundert".
- ^ "Adresse. Brief vom 22.Mai 1807 - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek". www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Galerie Döbele Dresden (ARTfilo powered)". www.galerie-doebele.de. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ a b "Suche | Lost Art-Datenbank". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ Heike Biedermann: Jüdischen Sammler und Mäzene zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts in Dresden. In: Andrea Baresel-Brand, Peter Müller, Koordinierungsstelle für Kulturgutverluste (Hrsg.): Sammeln, Stiften, Fördern. Jüdische Mäzene in der deutschen Gesellschaft. Magdeburg 2008. p. 101–125
- ^ "Finding aid for the Melchior Lechter Papers, 1879-1937". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
Anna Bondi, 1906-1914 Scope and Content Note Wife of Felix Bondi, 20 letters and postcards. Including photographic postcard with image of [Bondi?] children, postcard from Herbert (son) dated 17 Mar 1913 and bereavement announcement for son, Herbert, dated October 1914.
- ^ "GELSENZENTRUM Gelsenkirchen - - Die Banken". www.gelsenzentrum.de. Retrieved 2024-11-30.