Raymond Bayer

Raymond Bayer (* 1898 ; † 1959 ) was a French philosopher and university professor.

Bayer completed his studies in philosophy at the École Normale Superieure and attended art history courses at the Sorbonne . In 1934 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the aesthetics of grace ( L'esthétique de la grâce ). From 1937 to 1942 he was professor of philosophy at the University of Caen , after which he taught at the Sorbonne until his death. Together with Charles Lalo and Etienne Souriau, he founded the Revue d'esthétique (1948) and also became vice-president of the Société française d'esthétique . On the occasion of the Philosophy Congress held in Paris in 1937, he was instrumental in founding the Institut International de Philosophie together with Ake Petzäll (University of Lund, Sweden) and Léon Robin (University of Paris Sorbonne) .

Works

• L'Esthétique de la grace. Introduction à l'étude des equilibres de structure , Alcan, Paris 1933.
• Léonard de Vinci. La Grâce , Alcan, Paris 1933.
• Essais sur la méthode en esthétique , Flammarion, Paris 1953.
• Epistémologie et logique depuis Kant jusqu'à nos jours , PUF, Paris 1954.
• Traité d'esthétique , Colin, Paris 1956.
• L'Esthétique mondiale au XX siècle , PUF, Paris 1961.
• Histoire de l'esthétique , Colin, Paris 1961.
• Entretiens sur l'art abstrait , Cailler, Paris 1965.

Web links

• Biography of Raymond Bayer on Trivium , 6- Esthétique et science de l'art – 2010