Henri Dobler

Henri Dobler was born in 1863 in Switzerland. His parents sold silk and textiles in Marseille.^[1]

He started his career in the French Army.^[1] In 1895, he gave up on his military ambitions and focused on art.^[1] He started collecting art, wrote a poetry book, and started painting.^[1] His paintings dealt with mythology and romanticism.^[1] However, it is thought that his paintings were not very successful because of a personal and vocal rift he had with Paul Cézanne, whose work he called "dirty paintings" and "the biggest scam of the century".^[1]

In 1906, he purchased the Pavillon Vendôme in Aix-en-Provence and refurbished it until 1914.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} He also took pains to add furniture specifically from Provence to the house.^[1] Meanwhile, he also wrote books about the history of architecture in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille.^[6]

Hubert de Courcy painted his portrait.^[1]

He died in 1941.

• La Petite Sirène (1899)
• La maison de rêve (1900)
• Les Vestiges des architectures et des arts décoratifs provençaux aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles à Aix-en-Provence (1910)
• Les Vestiges des architectures et des arts décoratifs provençaux aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles à Marseille (1913)
• Six mois de journalisme indépendant en province (1922)
• Le cadre de la vie mondaine à Aix-en-Provence aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: Boudoirs et jardins (1928)