Maurice Rheims
Maurice Rheims (born January 4, 1910 in Versailles ; died March 6, 2003 in Paris ) was a French art historian .
Life
Rheims came from an Alsatian-Jewish family. His father Léon Rheims was a general in the French army. Rheims attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly and studied art history at the École du Louvre and the École des hautes etudes . From 1939 to 1945 he served as an officer in World War II.
Rheims had already worked as an art auctioneer from 1935 . After returning to Paris from the war, he took up this work again. From 1972 he was also an expert at the French Court of Appeal and at the Tribunal de Grande Instance Paris. On May 20, 1976 he was accepted into the Académie française .
The writer Nathalie Rheims and the photographer Bettina Rheims , as well as the early deceased son Louis, come from the marriage with Lili Krahmer .
Works
- La Vie étrange des Objets . Plon, Paris 1959
- Le Cheval d'argent . Éditions Julliard, Paris 1962
- Un Carpaccio en Dordogne . Éditions Julliard, Paris 1963
- L'Objet 1900 . Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris 1964
- La situation de la peinture contemporaine . Hazan, Paris
- L'Art 1900 ou le style Jules Verne . Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris 1965
- La Sculpture au XIX . Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris
- La Vie étrange des Objets . Plon, Paris
- La Vie d'artiste . Grasset, Paris 1970
- Le Luthier de Mantoue . Flammarion, Paris 1972
- Les Musées de France . Hachette Livre, Paris 1973
- Haute curiosity . Robert Laffont, 1975
- La Main . Éditions Julliard, Paris 1977
- L'Enfer de la curiosity . Albin Michel, Paris 1979
- Les Collectionneurs . Ramsay, 1981
- Le Saint Office . Gallimard, Paris 1983
- Attila, laisse ta petite sœur tranquille . Flammarion, Paris 1985
- Harlem Noir . La Différence, 1985
- Les Greniers de Sienne . Gallimard, Paris 1990
- Les Fortunes d'Apollon . Editions du Seuil, 1990
- Dictionnaire des mots sauvages . Editions Larousse, Paris 1991
- Apollon à Wall Street . Editions du Seuil, Montrouge 1992
- En tous mes états . Gallimard, Paris 1993
- Les Forets d'argent . Gallimard, Paris 1995
- Une mémoire vagabonde . Gallimard, Paris 1997
- Crise mine . Odile Jacob, 1998
- Nouveau voyage near the ma chambre . Gallimard, Paris 2000
Awards
- 1970: Prix Broquette-Gonin of the Académie française for La Vie d'artiste
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rheims at the Académie française
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rheims, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 2003 |
| Place of death | Paris |