André Maurois
Beginning in 1919 the foundation awarded nearly two hundred grants, and on April 11, 1937, the Prix Blumenthal was declared "d'utilité publique ("of public service")", giving it a special tax classification. Awards were given through 1954. At the time of the foundation's dissolution in 1973 it was under the direction of , director of the école des Beaux-Arts, along with author André Maurois and novelist Roland Dorgelès.