Quick Facts
Biography
Ignace Hellenberg (died 2004) was a French art dealer.
Early life
Ignace Hellenberg was the son of Sigmund and Betty Hellenberg.
Career
Hellenberg was a French art dealer, based in Paris.
Death
Hellenberg died in 2004.
Legacy
In his will, he left more than more than NIS 200 million to the Israeli state to create rehabilitation hospitals for disabled Israel Defense Forces veterans. In 2017, the Southern Regional Medical Center opened, with about one-third of the NIS 60 million ($16.8 million) expenditure coming from Hellenberg's bequest.
Hellenberg donated numerous artworks to the State of Israel. These include an 1881 Henri Fantin-Latour still life, Gladioli and Roses, and an 1887 Vincent van Gogh oil Entrance to park Voyer d’Argenson in Asnières, both on permanent loan to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.