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Pierre Rosenberg
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Pierre Max Rosenberg
13 April 1936 |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Lycée Charlemagne |
| Alma mater | École du Louvre |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Known for | Member of the Académie Française |
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Béatrice de Rothschild
(m. 1981) |
| Relatives | Alain de Rothschild (father-in-law) Éric de Rothschild (brother-in-law) |
Pierre Max Rosenberg, born on April 13, 1936, is a famous French art expert. He is an art historian, a curator (someone who takes care of museum collections), and a professor. He used to be the director of the famous Musée du Louvre in Paris. Since 1995, he has also been a member of the Académie Française, a very important group in France that protects the French language and culture.
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Early Life and Education
Pierre Rosenberg was born in Paris, France. His family was Jewish. He grew up in southwestern France, in areas called Lot-et-Garonne and Gironde.
He went to high school at the Lycée Charlemagne in Paris. After that, he studied at the École du Louvre. There, he earned a law degree. In 1961, he received a special scholarship. This allowed him to study for a year at Yale University in the United States.
A Career in Art
Working at the Louvre Museum
In 1962, Pierre Rosenberg started working at the Musée du Louvre. He joined the Department of Paintings as an assistant curator. This means he helped look after the museum's collection of paintings.
He was invited to study at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1977. In 1987, he became a special professor of fine art. This was at the University of Cambridge in England.
Later, he became a full curator at the Louvre. In October 1994, he was promoted again. He became the director of the entire museum. He held this important job until April 13, 2001.
Recognized for His Work
Pierre Rosenberg was chosen to be a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990. In 1997, he also joined the American Philosophical Society. These are groups that recognize important thinkers and scholars.
On December 7, 1995, Rosenberg was elected to the Académie Française. This is a very old and respected institution in France. Its job is to protect the French language. He took the place of another famous person, Henri Gouhier. He is also an honorary member of a famous art academy in Florence, Italy.
Throughout his career, Rosenberg has written many books. These books are about French artists from the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s. Some of the artists he wrote about include Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and Nicolas Poussin.
Awards and Honors
- In 1995, Pierre Rosenberg won a special award. He received the Prize XVIIe with Louis-Antoine Prat. They won for their detailed book about the drawings of artist David.
- In 1996, Rosenberg gave important lectures. These were the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. He gave them at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
- In 1999, he received a high honor from Italy. He was given the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Personal Life
In 1981, Pierre Rosenberg married Béatrice de Rothschild. Her father was the famous Alain de Rothschild. This was Béatrice's second marriage. Her first husband had passed away. Pierre Rosenberg became the stepfather of Marie Angliviel de la Beaumelle.
Works
- 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 « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 233), série Arts, 1994, 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
See also
In Spanish: Pierre Rosenberg para niños
