# Bignou Gallery

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The '''Bignou Gallery''' was a [New York City](/source/New_York_City) gallery located in [Midtown Manhattan](/source/Midtown_Manhattan). It was a branch of the Bignou Gallery in [Paris](/source/Paris).<ref>Bignou Gallery. 1941. ''Paintings by Marjorie Phillips: Bignou Gallery''. New York: The Gallery.</ref> The Bignou Gallery exhibited works by major European and American artists including [Paul Gauguin](/source/Paul_Gauguin), [Georges Gimel](/source/Georges_Gimel), [Henri Matisse](/source/Henri_Matisse), [Jean Lurçat](/source/Jean_Lur%C3%A7at),  [Antoinette Schulte](/source/Antoinette_Schulte) and [Amedeo Modigliani](/source/Amedeo_Modigliani).<ref>Bignou Gallery. 1935. ''Masterpieces by nineteenth century French painters: Bignou Gallery'': April 11th–30. New York City: The Gallery.</ref>

==Étienne Bignou==

[Étienne Bignou](/source/%C3%89tienne_Bignou) (1891–1950) was a French art dealer known for his promotion of the Impressionists.

After the French art dealer [Georges Petit](/source/Georges_Petit)'s death, the Galerie Georges Petit was acquired by [Étienne Bignou](/source/%C3%89tienne_Bignou) and the prominent art dealers/brothers Gaston [Bernheim-Jeune](/source/Bernheim-Jeune) and Josse [Bernheim-Jeune](/source/Bernheim-Jeune).

==External links==
*[http://www.frick.org/sites/default/files/FindingAids/BignouGallery.html Finding aid for the Bignou Gallery Albums, 1930-1940s] The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives
*[http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/field/contri/searchterm/Bignou,%20Etienne/mode/exact Digitized Exhibition catalogs with essays by Bignou] Metropolitan Museum of Art  
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/etienne-bignou-10481 Etienne Bignou photograph] Archives of American Art 
* [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=104558&imageID=482748&parent_id=100160&snum=&s=&notword=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&sort=&total=344&num=180&imgs=20&pNum=&pos=182 View from Bignou Gallery photograph] NYPL Digital Gallery

==Related==
*[Georges Petit](/source/Georges_Petit)
*[Jean Lurçat](/source/Jean_Lur%C3%A7at)
*[La Mousmé](/source/La_Mousm%C3%A9)

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Category:57th Street (Manhattan)
Category:Defunct art museums and galleries in Manhattan
Category:Frick Collection
Category:Midtown Manhattan

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