Émile Molinier (26 April 18575 May 1906) was a 19th-century French curator and art historian.
Career
Following his elder brother
Auguste , Émile Molinier studied at the
École Nationale des Chartes
The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ... . He wrote a thesis on medieval history entitled ''Étude sur la vie d'Ernoul, sire d'Audrehem, maréchal de France'' which earned him the archivist paleographer degree in 1879.
He first worked at the before joining the
Louvre
The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ... , where he served as curator of the newly created art objects department. He published books on stained glass, ceramics, enamels and furniture and organized major exhibitions, including the ''
Exposition Rétrospective '' held at the
Petit Palais
The Petit Palais (; en, Small Palace) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (''Musée des beaux-arts ... in 1900. A specialist of French decorative art, he wrote the first catalog of the
Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. It is named after Sir Richard Wallace, who built the extensive collection, along ... at the time of its opening.
[E. Molinier, ''La Collection Wallace : meubles et objets d'art français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles'', Paris : E. Lévy, 1902, 2 vol.]
Selected works
*1882
''Chronique normande du XIVe siècle'' (editor, with
Auguste Molinier )
*1882: ''Catalogue de la collection Timbal'', (in collab.)
*1883: ''Étude sur la vie d'Arnoul d'Audrehem, maréchal de France, 1302-1370''
*1883: ''Les Majoliques italiennes en Italie''
*1884: ''Les Della Robbia, leur vie et leur œuvre, d'après des documents inédits, suivi d'un catalogue de l'œuvre des Della Robbia en Italie et dans les principaux musées de l'Europe'', (in collab.)
*1885: ''Dictionnaire des émailleurs, depuis le moyen âge jusqu'à la fin du XVIII'',
*1886: ''Le Château de Fontainebleau au XVIIe siècle, d'après des documents inédits'', (in collaboration with
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