Georges Spetz

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	Jean-Baptiste Mathias Georges Spetz was born in the village of [[Issenheim]], located in the [[Haut-Rhin]] region of [[Alsace, France]], on May 31, 1844.{{Cite web\|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/ark:/12148/cb16428580w\|title=Georges Spetz (1844-1914)\|website=data.bnf.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}}		Jean-Baptiste Mathias Georges Spetz was born in the village of [[Issenheim]], located in the [[Haut-Rhin]] region of [[Alsace, France]], on May 31, 1844.{{Cite web\|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/ark:/12148/cb16428580w\|title=Georges Spetz (1844-1914)\|website=data.bnf.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}}

	His father, the industrialist Jean-Baptiste Spetz,{{Cite web\|url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/spetz-jean-baptiste-mathias-georges/\|title=SPETZ Jean-Baptiste Mathias Georges\|website=alsace-histoire.org\|access-date=2026-01-27}} was a wealthy [[textile manufacturer]] based in Issenheim.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Jahrbuch_der_Berliner_Museen/Ok7rAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen - Volume 45\|publisher=Gebr. Mann.\|page=150\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=2003}} When Georges's mother died in 1853, the 9-year old boy was sent to [[Colmar]] with his maternal grandmother and attended a private school. He went on to study at the [[Collège Sainte-Barbe]] in [[Paris]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Science]].		His father, the industrialist Jean-Baptiste Spetz,{{Cite web\|url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/spetz-jean-baptiste-mathias-georges/\|title=SPETZ Jean-Baptiste Mathias Georges\|website=alsace-histoire.org\|access-date=2026-01-27}} was a wealthy [[textile manufacturer]] based in Issenheim.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Jahrbuch_der_Berliner_Museen/Ok7rAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen - Volume 45\|publisher=Gebr. Mann.\|page=150\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=2003}} When Georges's mother died in 1853, the 9-year-old boy was sent to [[Colmar]] with his maternal grandmother and attended a private school. He went on to study at the [[Collège Sainte-Barbe]] in [[Paris]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Science]].

	==Career==		==Career==
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	Beginning in 1875, Spetz started collecting art, eventually forming a well-known private collection. He filled his Alsatian residence with paintings, sculpture, and various art objects.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/American_Art_Annual/r8RiyPxCaTIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=American Art Annual - Volume 22\|publisher=MacMillan Company\|page=323\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1925}} Spetz's collection was heavy on late medieval and Renaissance European metalwork—bronze mortars, pewter by [[François Briot]], Gothic ironwork, [[Renaissance art\|Renaissance]] brass, and high-end ceremonial vessels. His interests extended to ceramic wares produced in Strasbourg, Rouen, Delft, Moustiers, and multiple other locales.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Un_r%C3%AAve_de_France/wwdoAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=Un rêve de France: Pierre Bucher, une passion française au cœur de l'Alsace allemande, 1869-1921\|publisher=Nuée bleue\|page=42\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=2000}} The collection brought together French [[faience]] from the 16th and 17th centuries, examples of [[Hispano-Moresque ware]] and [[Delftware]], [[Chinese porcelain]], [[Venetian glass]], and [[Bohemian glass]] spanning the 16th to 18th centuries.		Beginning in 1875, Spetz started collecting art, eventually forming a well-known private collection. He filled his Alsatian residence with paintings, sculpture, and various art objects.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/American_Art_Annual/r8RiyPxCaTIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=American Art Annual - Volume 22\|publisher=MacMillan Company\|page=323\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1925}} Spetz's collection was heavy on late medieval and Renaissance European metalwork—bronze mortars, pewter by [[François Briot]], Gothic ironwork, [[Renaissance art\|Renaissance]] brass, and high-end ceremonial vessels. His interests extended to ceramic wares produced in Strasbourg, Rouen, Delft, Moustiers, and multiple other locales.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Un_r%C3%AAve_de_France/wwdoAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=Un rêve de France: Pierre Bucher, une passion française au cœur de l'Alsace allemande, 1869-1921\|publisher=Nuée bleue\|page=42\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=2000}} The collection brought together French [[faience]] from the 16th and 17th centuries, examples of [[Hispano-Moresque ware]] and [[Delftware]], [[Chinese porcelain]], [[Venetian glass]], and [[Bohemian glass]] spanning the 16th to 18th centuries.

	Following the death of his father, Jean-Baptiste Spetz, in 1878, he became co-owner of the J.-B. Spetz & Cie factory. Shortly after, Georges handed full control of the business to his brother-in-law, Eugène Louis Constant Carpentier. The facility was called the Spetz-Carpentier [[spinning (textiles)\|spinning]] [[cotton mill\|mill]] from 1879 to 1918.{{Cite web\|url=https://infosols.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/documents/public/Fiche_BASIAS_d%C3%A9taill%C3%A9e_ALS6802131.pdf\|title=ALS6802131\|website=infosols.developpement-durable.gouv.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}}		Following the death of his father, Jean-Baptiste Spetz, in 1878, he became co-owner of the J.-B. Spetz & Cie factory. Shortly after, Georges handed full control of the business to his brother-in-law, Eugène Louis Constant Carpentier. The facility was called the Spetz-Carpentier [[spinning (textiles)\|spinning]] [[cotton mill\|mill]] from 1879 to 1918.{{Cite web\|url=https://infosols.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/documents/public/Fiche_BASIAS_d%C3%A9taill%C3%A9e_ALS6802131.pdf\|title=ALS6802131\|website=infosols.developpement-durable.gouv.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}}

	He joined the Industrial Society of Mulhouse (Société industrielle de Mulhouse) in 1882.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cresat.uha.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Actes-du-CRESAT-1-2004.pdf#:~:text=%E2%80%9C%20Les%20travaux%20effectifs%20de,ne%20peuvent%20pas%20se%20r%C3%A9sumer\|title=les actes du cresat\|website=cresat.uha.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}} He took part in the work of the History, Statistics, and Geography Committee, and the Fine Arts Committee.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Programme_des_prix_propos%C3%A9s_en_assembl/MhcFAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Georges+Spetz+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+des+Arts&pg=RA1-PA63&printsec=frontcover\|title=Programme des prix proposés en assemblée générale\|author=Société industrielle de Mulhouse\|page=62\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1896}} Spetz emerged as a key participant, earning the Grand Gold Medal in 1912 for the scope of his contributions. He also exhibited at the Société des Arts de Mulhouse between 1886 to 1914.		He joined the Industrial Society of Mulhouse (Société industrielle de Mulhouse) in 1882.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cresat.uha.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Actes-du-CRESAT-1-2004.pdf#:~:text=%E2%80%9C%20Les%20travaux%20effectifs%20de,ne%20peuvent%20pas%20se%20r%C3%A9sumer\|title=les actes du cresat\|website=cresat.uha.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}} He took part in the work of the History, Statistics, and Geography Committee, and the Fine Arts Committee.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Programme_des_prix_propos%C3%A9s_en_assembl/MhcFAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Georges+Spetz+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+des+Arts&pg=RA1-PA63&printsec=frontcover\|title=Programme des prix proposés en assemblée générale\|author=Société industrielle de Mulhouse\|page=62\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1896}} Spetz emerged as a key participant, earning the Grand Gold Medal in 1912 for the scope of his contributions. He also exhibited at the Société des Arts de Mulhouse between 1886 and 1914.

	In 1897, he came into possession of newly discovered [[miniature portrait]]s of [[Joan of Arc]], which were believed to come from a 15th-century manuscript. He allowed ''[[The Century Magazine]]'' to publish the first black-and-white reproduction.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Scribner_s_Monthly_an_Illustrated_Magazi/j8hZAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Georges+Spetz&pg=PA898&printsec=frontcover\|title=Scribner's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People - Volume 53\|publisher=Scribner & Company\|page=898\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1897}}		In 1897, he came into possession of newly discovered [[miniature portrait]]s of [[Joan of Arc]], which were believed to come from a 15th-century manuscript. He allowed ''[[The Century Magazine]]'' to publish the first black-and-white reproduction.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Scribner_s_Monthly_an_Illustrated_Magazi/j8hZAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Georges+Spetz&pg=PA898&printsec=frontcover\|title=Scribner's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People - Volume 53\|publisher=Scribner & Company\|page=898\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1897}}
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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

	File:Collection de M. Spetz, Isenheim ; Salon - btv1b10213804c.jpg\|~~Spetz’s~~ living room, Issenheim, 1890		File:Collection de M. Spetz, Isenheim ; Salon - btv1b10213804c.jpg\|Spetz's living room, Issenheim, 1890

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	Jean-Baptiste Mathias Georges Spetz was born in the village of [[Issenheim]], located in the [[Haut-Rhin]] region of [[Alsace, France]], on May 31, 1844.{{Cite web\|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/ark:/12148/cb16428580w\|title=Georges Spetz (1844-1914)\|website=data.bnf.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}}		Jean-Baptiste Mathias Georges Spetz was born in the village of [[Issenheim]], located in the [[Haut-Rhin]] region of [[Alsace, France]], on May 31, 1844.{{Cite web\|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/ark:/12148/cb16428580w\|title=Georges Spetz (1844-1914)\|website=data.bnf.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}}

	His father, the industrialist Jean-Baptiste Spetz,{{Cite web\|url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/spetz-jean-baptiste-mathias-georges/\|title=SPETZ Jean-Baptiste Mathias Georges\|website=alsace-histoire.org\|access-date=2026-01-27}} was a wealthy [[textile manufacturer]] based in Issenheim.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Jahrbuch_der_Berliner_Museen/Ok7rAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen - Volume 45\|publisher=Gebr. Mann.\|page=150\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=2003}} When Georges's mother died in 1853, the 9-year old boy was sent to [[Colmar]] with his maternal grandmother and attended a private school. He went on to study at the [[Collège Sainte-Barbe]] in [[Paris]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Science]].		His father, the industrialist Jean-Baptiste Spetz,{{Cite web\|url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/spetz-jean-baptiste-mathias-georges/\|title=SPETZ Jean-Baptiste Mathias Georges\|website=alsace-histoire.org\|access-date=2026-01-27}} was a wealthy [[textile manufacturer]] based in Issenheim.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Jahrbuch_der_Berliner_Museen/Ok7rAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen - Volume 45\|publisher=Gebr. Mann.\|page=150\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=2003}} When Georges's mother died in 1853, the 9-year-old boy was sent to [[Colmar]] with his maternal grandmother and attended a private school. He went on to study at the [[Collège Sainte-Barbe]] in [[Paris]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Science]].

	==Career==		==Career==
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	Beginning in 1875, Spetz started collecting art, eventually forming a well-known private collection. He filled his Alsatian residence with paintings, sculpture, and various art objects.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/American_Art_Annual/r8RiyPxCaTIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=American Art Annual - Volume 22\|publisher=MacMillan Company\|page=323\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1925}} Spetz's collection was heavy on late medieval and Renaissance European metalwork—bronze mortars, pewter by [[François Briot]], Gothic ironwork, [[Renaissance art\|Renaissance]] brass, and high-end ceremonial vessels. His interests extended to ceramic wares produced in Strasbourg, Rouen, Delft, Moustiers, and multiple other locales.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Un_r%C3%AAve_de_France/wwdoAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=Un rêve de France: Pierre Bucher, une passion française au cœur de l'Alsace allemande, 1869-1921\|publisher=Nuée bleue\|page=42\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=2000}} The collection brought together French [[faience]] from the 16th and 17th centuries, examples of [[Hispano-Moresque ware]] and [[Delftware]], [[Chinese porcelain]], [[Venetian glass]], and [[Bohemian glass]] spanning the 16th to 18th centuries.		Beginning in 1875, Spetz started collecting art, eventually forming a well-known private collection. He filled his Alsatian residence with paintings, sculpture, and various art objects.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/American_Art_Annual/r8RiyPxCaTIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=American Art Annual - Volume 22\|publisher=MacMillan Company\|page=323\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1925}} Spetz's collection was heavy on late medieval and Renaissance European metalwork—bronze mortars, pewter by [[François Briot]], Gothic ironwork, [[Renaissance art\|Renaissance]] brass, and high-end ceremonial vessels. His interests extended to ceramic wares produced in Strasbourg, Rouen, Delft, Moustiers, and multiple other locales.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Un_r%C3%AAve_de_France/wwdoAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Georges+Spetz&dq=Georges+Spetz&printsec=frontcover\|title=Un rêve de France: Pierre Bucher, une passion française au cœur de l'Alsace allemande, 1869-1921\|publisher=Nuée bleue\|page=42\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=2000}} The collection brought together French [[faience]] from the 16th and 17th centuries, examples of [[Hispano-Moresque ware]] and [[Delftware]], [[Chinese porcelain]], [[Venetian glass]], and [[Bohemian glass]] spanning the 16th to 18th centuries.

	Following the death of his father, Jean-Baptiste Spetz, in 1878, he became co-owner of the J.-B. Spetz & Cie factory. Shortly after, Georges handed full control of the business to his brother-in-law, Eugène Louis Constant Carpentier. The facility was called the Spetz-Carpentier [[spinning (textiles)\|spinning]] [[cotton mill\|mill]] from 1879 to 1918.{{Cite web\|url=https://infosols.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/documents/public/Fiche_BASIAS_d%C3%A9taill%C3%A9e_ALS6802131.pdf\|title=ALS6802131\|website=infosols.developpement-durable.gouv.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}}		Following the death of his father, Jean-Baptiste Spetz, in 1878, he became co-owner of the J.-B. Spetz & Cie factory. Shortly after, Georges handed full control of the business to his brother-in-law, Eugène Louis Constant Carpentier. The facility was called the Spetz-Carpentier [[spinning (textiles)\|spinning]] [[cotton mill\|mill]] from 1879 to 1918.{{Cite web\|url=https://infosols.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/documents/public/Fiche_BASIAS_d%C3%A9taill%C3%A9e_ALS6802131.pdf\|title=ALS6802131\|website=infosols.developpement-durable.gouv.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}}

	He joined the Industrial Society of Mulhouse (Société industrielle de Mulhouse) in 1882.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cresat.uha.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Actes-du-CRESAT-1-2004.pdf#:~:text=%E2%80%9C%20Les%20travaux%20effectifs%20de,ne%20peuvent%20pas%20se%20r%C3%A9sumer\|title=les actes du cresat\|website=cresat.uha.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}} He took part in the work of the History, Statistics, and Geography Committee, and the Fine Arts Committee.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Programme_des_prix_propos%C3%A9s_en_assembl/MhcFAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Georges+Spetz+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+des+Arts&pg=RA1-PA63&printsec=frontcover\|title=Programme des prix proposés en assemblée générale\|author=Société industrielle de Mulhouse\|page=62\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1896}} Spetz emerged as a key participant, earning the Grand Gold Medal in 1912 for the scope of his contributions. He also exhibited at the Société des Arts de Mulhouse between 1886 to 1914.		He joined the Industrial Society of Mulhouse (Société industrielle de Mulhouse) in 1882.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cresat.uha.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Actes-du-CRESAT-1-2004.pdf#:~:text=%E2%80%9C%20Les%20travaux%20effectifs%20de,ne%20peuvent%20pas%20se%20r%C3%A9sumer\|title=les actes du cresat\|website=cresat.uha.fr\|access-date=2026-01-27}} He took part in the work of the History, Statistics, and Geography Committee, and the Fine Arts Committee.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Programme_des_prix_propos%C3%A9s_en_assembl/MhcFAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Georges+Spetz+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+des+Arts&pg=RA1-PA63&printsec=frontcover\|title=Programme des prix proposés en assemblée générale\|author=Société industrielle de Mulhouse\|page=62\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1896}} Spetz emerged as a key participant, earning the Grand Gold Medal in 1912 for the scope of his contributions. He also exhibited at the Société des Arts de Mulhouse between 1886 and 1914.

	In 1897, he came into possession of newly discovered [[miniature portrait]]s of [[Joan of Arc]], which were believed to come from a 15th-century manuscript. He allowed ''[[The Century Magazine]]'' to publish the first black-and-white reproduction.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Scribner_s_Monthly_an_Illustrated_Magazi/j8hZAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Georges+Spetz&pg=PA898&printsec=frontcover\|title=Scribner's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People - Volume 53\|publisher=Scribner & Company\|page=898\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1897}}		In 1897, he came into possession of newly discovered [[miniature portrait]]s of [[Joan of Arc]], which were believed to come from a 15th-century manuscript. He allowed ''[[The Century Magazine]]'' to publish the first black-and-white reproduction.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Scribner_s_Monthly_an_Illustrated_Magazi/j8hZAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Georges+Spetz&pg=PA898&printsec=frontcover\|title=Scribner's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People - Volume 53\|publisher=Scribner & Company\|page=898\|website=books.google.ca\|access-date=2026-01-27\|year=1897}}
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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

	File:Collection de M. Spetz, Isenheim ; Salon - btv1b10213804c.jpg\|~~Spetz’s~~ living room, Issenheim, 1890		File:Collection de M. Spetz, Isenheim ; Salon - btv1b10213804c.jpg\|Spetz's living room, Issenheim, 1890

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