Georges-Henri Rivière

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Georges-Henri Rivière (born June 5, 1897 in Paris , † March 24, 1985 in Louveciennes ) was a French ethnologist and museologist. He realized new ideas in museum practice in France and is considered the founder of the eco-museums .

Life

After the suicide of his father Jules in 1912, a deputy director of the Office for Promenades and Green Spaces of the City of Paris, his uncle, the painter Henri Rivière , took the young Georges with him. He then took the middle name Henri from his uncle. Georges-Henri Rivière studied at the Paris Conservatory until 1925 and worked as a pianist in Paris in the 1920s. Through the acquaintance with musicians such as Duke Ellington , George Gershwin and Josephine Baker as well as the contact with visual artists of the time, he began to be interested in the art and culture of the non-European peoples. He finished his ethnological studies at the École du Louvre in 1928. Together with Georges Bataille , he founded the journal Documents and was its co-editor and editor from 1929–1930. During this time, new ideas and concepts for the redesign of the museums emerged. In the 1930s, Georges Henri Rivière participated in numerous exhibitions. He is the founder of the Paris Folklore Museum ATP ( Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires ), which emerged in 1937 from the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro , founded in 1878 . From 1948 to 1965 Rivière ran this museum as general director. From 1970 to 1982 Rivière was professor of museum studies at the University of Paris IV .

Publications

  • Georges Henri Rivière: The organization and functions of the museums. In: Museum Vol. 2. 1949. pp. 206–214
  • Georges Henri Rivière: My Experience at the Musee d'Ethnologie. The Huxley Memorial Lecture 1968
  • Georges Henri Rivière: La muséologie selon Georges Henri Rivière: cours de museologie, textes et temoignages. Paris 1989
  • Janine de Briolan: Ecoguide de la France. (Foreword by GH Riviere) Paris 1976

literature

  • Nina Gorgus: A European museologist. Georges Henri Rivière on the 100th birthday. In: Museumskunde 2/1997, pp. 170–176
  • Nina Gorgus: The magician of the showcases. On the museology of Georges Henri Rivières. Münster u. a. Waxmann Verlag 1999 (International University Papers, Vol. 297)

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Rivière, Georges-Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ethnologist, museologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1985
Place of death Louveciennes