Industrialist and art collector. 1932 founded The Courtauld Institute of Art. Managed the family textile firm as a director from 1908, and as chair 1921-46.
Served twice as chair of the Trustees of the National Gallery.
This image is from The but is © The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. By courtesy of the Courtauld Gallery London. We see a handsome, thoughtful man, who, despite his wealth, seems shy and reticent, and indeed he declined a peerage in 1937.
Almost certainly related to Samuel Augustine Courtauld but we cannot discover how.
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