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Siegfried Bing (1838-1905)

Originally from Hamburg, Siegfried Bing joined his family in Paris in 1854, where he worked for a company that specialised in the sale of china and ceramics. Forced to leave France in 1870 because of the Franco-Prussian war, he came to live in Brussels. Nevertheless, he returned to Paris in 1871, and began his collection of Japanese objets d’art, earning himself a solid reputation. After a trip to Tokyo, he opened a shop dedicated to Japanese art in 1878 – the date of the Universal Exhibition in Paris. Bing acquired his goods directly from Japan, increased the number of shops, organised exhibitions. Conscious of the reputation of his business, he even exhibited his works outside of France, in Copenhagen and Brussels.

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