Jean Clair
| Jean Clair | |
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 Jean Clair by Claude Truong-Ngoc 2013 | |
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Gérard Régnier 20 October 1940 Paris, France |
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Writer Novelist Art historian |
| Known for | Member of the Académie française |
Jean Clair (French: [klɛʁ]) is the nom de plume (pen name) of Gérard Régnier (born 20 October 1940 in Paris, France). Clair is an essayist, a polemicist, an art historian, an art conservator, and a member of the Académie française since May, 2008.[1] He was, for many years, the director of the Picasso Museum in Paris. Among the milestones of his long and productive career is a comprehensive catalog of the works of Balthus. He was also the director of the Venice Biennale in 1995.
Biography
The son of farmers, Jean Clair was born in the sixth arrondissement of Paris. He was a student at two secondary schools, the lycée Jacques-Decour and the lycée Carnot, before embarking on a course of post-baccalaureat preparation, the so-called khâgne, at the prestigious lycée Henri-IV in Paris. Then he pursued a degree at the Sorbonne, where he was a student of the art historian, André Chastel, and the philosopher, Jean Grenier.[1] Later, he secured a doctorate in art at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University.[2] He was, for a time, involved with the Union of Communist Students.
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Éric Biétry-Rivierre, « Jean Clair, un “atrabilaire” sous la Coupole », Le Figaro, 23 mai 2008
- ↑ Notice biographique, Who's Who in France
External links
- (French) L'Académie française
- Jacques Decour primary school website (école élémentaire) (in French)
- Jean Clair in the German National Library catalogue
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