Jacques Thuillier
Jacques Thuillier, (March 18, 1928, Vaucouleurs, Meuse – October 18, 2011, Paris)[1][2] was a French art historian specializing on the 17th century French painting.
Thuillier was an honorary professor of the Collège de France and he taught history of artistic creation from 1977 to 1998.[1] He was a renowned specialist of French painting and, along with late Anthony Blunt, the main world authority on Nicolas Poussin.
A collector, he donated, while still alive, along with his brother Guy Thuillier, his collection of drawings (2 000) and engravings (13 000) to the Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy and part of his collection of paintings to the art museum of Vic-sur-Seille. He donated to the city of Nevers part of his archives, his library, a collection of drawings and engravings, his collections of photographes, thus making of the Nevers Médiathèque a documentation centre on the French painting of the 17th century. Another part of this archives and manuscripts is kept at the INHA (fr), in Paris.
Main publications
- French Painting, Rizzoli International Publications
- Fragonard, Rizzoli International Publications
- Les Prophètes: Vitraux de Sergio de Castro / Los Profetas: Vidrieras de Sergio de Castro (1984), Ediciones El Viso, Madrid, ISBN 84-86022-09-6
- Nicolas Poussin (1995), Flammarion, Paris, ISBN 2-08-012440-4
- Poussin before Rome: 1594-1624, translated from the French by Christopher Allen (1995), Richard L. Feigen & Co., London-New York-Chicago, ISBN 1-873232-03-9
- Histoire de l'art (2002), Flammarion, Paris, ISBN 2-08-012535-4
- History of Art (2002), Flammarion, Paris, ISBN 2-08-010875-1
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Professeurs honoraires: Jacques Thuillier". Collège de France. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ↑ Rykner, Didier (2011-10-18). "Disparition de Jacques Thuillier" (in French). La Tribune de l'art (fr). Retrieved 19 October 2011.