Paul-André Lemoisne

Paul-André Lemoisne (7 February 1875, Paris - 19 June 1964, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French art historian, librarian, and member of the Institut de France.[1]

Paul-André Lemoisne (1930s)

Biography

His father was a doctor. He became a student at the École Nationale des Chartes and, in 1901, was awarded a diploma as an archivist-paleographer, for his thesis on François de Vendôme.

Upon leaving the school, he took a position in the Cabinet des Estampes of the Bibliothèque Nationale. In 1904, he was an assistant to his former teacher, Henri Bouchot, for an exhibition at the Pavillon de Marsan.[1] This resulted in his becoming a trainee there.[2] In 1907, he was named a member of the French Art Committee.[3]

He met his future wife, Suzanne, the granddaughter of illustrator Paul Gavarni, at a gallery showing by Henri Rouart.[1]

From 1925 to 1939, he was Chief Curator of the Cabinet, and served two terms as the President of the Association des bibliothécaires de France (1927-1928, and 1931-1933). He was also President of the Société de l'histoire de France, and the Société de l'histoire de l'art français.[4]

In 1945, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he took Seat #4 in the "Unattached" section; succeeding the Vicomte de Castelnau. His best known publication is a catalogue raisonné of the works of Edgar Degas, in four volumes (1942-1949).[1]

References
  1. Arnauld Doria, funeral speech, In: Nouvelles de l'estampe, 1964-10, pg.292
  2. "Chronique et mélanges", In: Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, 1905, #62, pg.602
  3. "Chronique et mélanges", In: Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, 1907, #68, pg.248
  4. Biographicla notes from the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques @ La France Savante
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