Michel Laclotte

Michel Laclotte (born 27 October 1929) is an art historian and museum director, specialising in 14th and 15th century French painting.

His first role was as "inspecteur des musées" of the province, then as a professor at the Ecole du Louvre and as head conservator of the paintings department of the Louvre from 1966. Heavily involved in the "projet Grand Louvre", he was the first to hold the role of director (formerly known as Conservateur) of the Louvre between 1987 and 1995.

From 1972, he also championed the idea of turning Paris's gare d'Orsay into a museum, and became its head conservator on its opening in 1986. He took part in the creation of France's "Institut national d'histoire de l'art" between 1995 and 2000, becoming its next "vice-président scientifique".

Publications

• Michel Laclotte, Histoires de musées : Souvenirs d'un conservateur (2003) (ISBN 2866563077)

He was also a contributor to many books on the history of painting, including

• Dictionnaire de la peinture from Éditions Larousse (ISBN 2035053900)

External links

• Associated Press (22 October 1987). "Mitterrand Appoints New Director at Louvre". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-06-28. 
• The André Malraux Foundation