Paul-André Lemoisne
Paul-André Lemoisne (born February 7, 1875 in Paris ; died June 19, 1964 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French librarian and art historian . His publications include the catalog of works by the painter Edgar Degas .
Life
Paul-André Lemoisne was born the son of a Paris doctor. After finishing school, he moved to the École nationale des chartes and graduated in 1901 with a diplômé archiviste paleographe (diploma from an archivist - paleograph ). From 1901 to 1931 he worked as a librarian at the Bibliothèque nationale de France , where from 1925 he was director of the Cabinet des estampes (Kupferstichkabinett). In addition to his work as a librarian, Lemoisne devoted himself to art history. In 1904 he worked as an assistant to Henri Bouchot and prepared an exhibition on early Renaissance painting in the Louvre . He frequented literary salons and artistic circles. Through the painter Henri Rouart , Lemoisne met his future wife Suzanne - a granddaughter of the graphic artist Paul Gavarni . Lemoisne's direct access to family-owned documents made it easier for him to publish a two-volume biography about Gavarni. He also published the catalog of works by the painter Eugène Louis Lami from 1912 to 1914 . After Lemoisne had already published a biography on Edgar Degas in 1912, he submitted the catalog of works on Degas published in 1946–1949, a standard work that is still valid today.
Memberships
Lemoisne was a member of numerous learned societies , some in a leading position:
- President of the Association des bibliothécaires de France
- Member of the Société d'émulation du Jura
- Vice-President of the Société d'iconographie Parisienne
- President of the École nationale des chartes
- President of the Société de l'histoire de France
- President of the Société de l'histoire de l'art français
- Member of the Société de l'Histoire de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France
- Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts (since May 23, 1945)
- President of the Comité national de la Gravure française
- Member of the Conseil de l'Union centrale des Arts décoratifs
- Member of the Conseil supérieur des bibliothèques
- Member of the Commission supérieure des Monuments historiques
Awards
- Officer of the Legion of Honor
- Officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Knight of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
- Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy
Publications (selection)
- L'oeuvre d'Eugene Lami (1800-1890). Lithographies-dessins-aquarelles-peintures. Essai d'un catalog raisonne , Campion, Paris 1914.
- Gavarni: peintre et lithographe , Floury, Paris 1924–1928.
- Les Xylographies du 14. et du 15. siecle au Cabinet des Estampes de la Bibliotheque Nationale , van Oest, Paris 1927–1930.
- La peinture française à l'époque gothique: 14ième et 15ième siècles , Pantheon Florence and Edition du Pégase Paris 1931.
- Degas et son oeuvre , four volumes, P. Brame et CM de Hauke and Arts et metiers graphiques, Paris 1946–1949, OCLC 977103837 (French).
Web links
- Biographical information on Paul-André Lemoisne on the website of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques
- Entry to Paul-André Lemoisne of Dictionary of Art Historians online
- Information on Paul-André Lemoisne in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lemoisne, Paul-André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French librarian and art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1964 |
| Place of death | Neuilly-sur-Seine |