'''Alexandre Natanson''' (September 27, 1866 in Warsaw - March 12, 1938 in Paris) was a lawyer, art collector and publisher of ''La Revue blanche'' et ''Le Cri de Paris''.
== Biography == Son of the banker Adam Natanson and Anne Reich, Alexandre had two brothers, Thadée et Louis-Alfred.
He attended high school at lycée Condorcet in Paris, where he met Édouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Marcel Proust and Daniel Halévy before studying law and becoming a lawyer.
He and his brothers Thadée et Louis-Alfred created the artistic literary review ''La Revue blanche.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rédaction |date=2023-04-07 |title=Thadée Natanson : un homme et ses frères, fondateurs de "La revue blanche" |url=https://cultures-j.com/thadee-natanson-revue-blanche/ |access-date=2025-11-15 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
He also founded ''Cri de Paris''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-29 |title=Le Cri de Paris, France, 19e siècle, 4e quart {{!}} Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme |url=https://www.mahj.org/fr/decouvrir-collections-betsalel/le-cri-de-paris-24270 |access-date=2025-11-15 |website=www.mahj.org |language=fr}}</ref>
Natanson collected art, and on May 16, 1929, he sold off part of his collection at l'Hôtel Drouot.<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58646605/f11.image.r ''Bulletin des musées de France''], Paris, juin 1929, {{P.|123}} — sur ''Gallica''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection Alexandre Natanson : [vente du 16 mai 1929] |url=https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/idurl/1/68947 |website=bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr}}</ref>
He married Sara Olga Cahn, and the couple had four children, Evelyn[e] Nattier-Natanson (1891-1962), ; Bolette Natanson (1892-1936),<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6201309r/f14.image.r ''Le Monde illustré''], Paris, 13 juin 1936, {{P.|502}} — sur ''Gallica''.</ref> Georgette (1894-1969) and Marcelle.<
Alexandre Natanson was buried at Montmartre cemetery on March 15, 1936.<ref>''Le Petit Journal'', Paris, 16 mars 1936, {{P.|5}} — [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k634280d/f5.item.r sur ''Gallica''].</ref>
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