Hugo von Tschudi

Hugo Egidius von Tschudi (7 February 1851 – 23 November 1911) was an Austrian-born Swiss art historian, patron and museum curator. He most notably served as Director of the National Gallery (Berlin) from 1896 to 1908, as well as of the Bavarian State Painting Collections from 1909 to 1911 (his death).

During his tenure in Berlin, von Tschudi was a patron of contemporary art and acquired several works of French Impressionists and modernized the museum collections creating a foundation and place in art history for them. He also worked for the Swiss art collector Oskar Reinhart. Provided by Wikipedia