Pierre Rosenberg
Pierre Rosenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pierre Max Rosenberg 13 April 1936 Art historian |
| Known for | Member of the Académie Française |
| Spouse |
Béatrice de Rothschild
(m. 1981) |
| Relatives | Alain de Rothschild (father-in-law) Éric de Rothschild (brother-in-law) |
Pierre Max Rosenberg
Early life
Born into a Jewish family[1] in Paris, Rosenberg grew up in Lot-et-Garonne and Gironde in southwestern France.[2] He attended secondary education at the Lycée Charlemagne in Paris. He continued on to the École du Louvre, where he earned a law degree. In 1961, he was awarded the Henri Focillon Fellowship to study for one year at Yale University.
Career
In 1962, Rosenberg joined the Department of Paintings at the Musée du Louvre as an assistant curator. In 1977, he was invited to study at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1987, he became Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge. After his promotion to curator, he later became director of the museum in October 1994 and served at this post until 13 April 2001.
Rosenberg was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990[3] and the American Philosophical Society in 1997.[4] On 7 December 1995, Rosenberg was elected to the Académie Française, replacing Henri Gouhier. He is also an honorary member of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno of Florence.[5][4]
Throughout his career, Rosenberg has published
Honors
- In 1995, Rosenberg, along with Louis-Antoine Prat, was awarded the drawingsof David.
- In 1996, Rosenberg delivered the annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art.
- In 1999, Rosenberg was awarded the honor of 2nd Class, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[6]
Personal life
In 1981, Rosenberg married Béatrice de Rothschild, the daughter of the late Alain de Rothschild.[7] This was Béatrice's second marriage; she married Armand Angliviel de la Beaumelle in 1962, but Armand died only two years later. He was the stepfather of Marie Angliviel de la Beaumelle.
Works
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- Chardin, 1699–1779, 1979, ISBN 978-0910386487
- France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-Century French Paintings in American Collections, 1982, ISBN 978-0870992957
- Fragonard, 1988, ISBN 978-0810909212
- Collab. with Renaud Temperini, Poussin : « Je n'ai rien négligé », collection « ISBN 2070532690
- Collab. with Hélène Prigent, Chardin : La nature silencieuse, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 377), série Arts, 1999, ISBN 2070534847
- Chardin: An Intimate Art, 'New Horizons' series, 2000
- Chardin: An Intimate Art, "Abrams Discoveries" series, 2000
- Chardin, 2000, ISBN 978-0300083484
- From Drawing to Painting: Poussin, Watteau, Fragonard, David, and Ingres, 2000, ISBN 978-0691009186
- Only in America: 100 European Masterpieces in American Museums, 2006, ISBN 978-8876246623
References
- ^ "Jewish Insider's Daily Kickoff: April 13, 2018". Haaretz. April 13, 2018.
- ^ "Pierre ROSENBERG | Académie française".
- ^ "Pierre Rosenberg". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ a b "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ Accademici d'Onore Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ^ http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/Onorificenze.aspx?pag=0&qIdOnorificenza=&cognome=rosenberg&nome=&daAnno=1800&aAnno=2016&luogoNascita=&testo=&ordinamento=2 [dead link]
- ^ Christian Makarian, Jean Pierrard, François Dufay, Le grand état-major du musée, Le Point, March 28, 1998
External links
- Académie française profile (in French)
