Georges Huisman
Georges Maurice Huisman (born May 3, 1889 in Valenciennes , † 1957 in Valmondois , Val-d'Oise ) was a French politician of the Parti radical and the founder of the Cannes International Film Festival , of which he chaired the jury from 1946 to 1950.
Live and act
Georges Huismann closed the École nationale des chartes in 1910 with a thesis on the jurisdiction of the city of Paris by Louis IX. to Charles VII , received the Agrégation for History and Geography at the Sorbonne in 1912 and became a professor.
As a politician, he was chairman of the cabinet of the Ministry of Commerce in 1932 and chairman of the staff under President Paul Doumer . Under President Édouard Daladier , he became General Director of Fine Arts, supported the spread of cinema in France and was involved in planning the first Cannes Film Festival . After the occupation of France by the Germans, he went with the Cabinet of Exile on board the passenger ship Massilia in 1940 . After returning to Marseille, he secretly lived for 18 months on a farm near Albi . In 1942 he was arrested by the German occupation forces and saved by the intervention of writer Roland Dorgelès .
Works
- Art et esthétique , 1923, Melinc,
- Pour comprendre les monuments de Paris , 1925, Paris, Hachette.
- Histoire générale de l'art , publisher, 1938, Paris, Aristide Quillet, 4 volumes.
- Récits et épisodes de la Révolution française , together with Marcelle Huisman, 1962, Paris, publisher: Fernand Nathan
- Contes du Moyen-Âge français , with Marcelle Huisman, 1958, Paris, Nathan
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Huisman, Georges |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huisman, Georges Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, founder of the Cannes International Film Festival |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valenciennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1957 |
| Place of death | Valmondois , France |