Étienne-Louis-Charles-Alexandre Michon (23 March 1865 in

Marly-sous-Issy Marly-sous-Issy is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The art historian Étienne Michon (1865–1939) was born in Marly-sous-Issy. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire de ...

– 2 January 1939) was a French art historian.

Biography

The son of :fr:Joseph Michon, Étienne Michon was a student at the

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

from 1884 to 1886 and agrégé de lettres. He was a member of the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et d ...

from 1887 to 1889, and worked at 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 ...

from 1889 to 1899. Étienne Michon was assistant curator at the Louvre from 1899 to 1919, professor at the École du Louvre from 1910 to 1931, chief curator at the Louvre from 1919 to 1936, co-director of the magazine ''Monuments et mémoires de la fondation Eugène Piot'' from 1929 to 1939 and honorary curator of national museums in 1936. He became a member of the

Société des Antiquaires de France The Société des Antiquaires de France (Society of Antiquaries of France) is a Parisian historical and archaeological society, founded in 1804 under the name of the Académie celtique (Celtic Academy). It is now based at the Louvre, in the pavil ...

in 1895 and was elected at the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

in 1925. He was officier of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

, officier d'Académie and officier de l'Instruction publique.

Some publications

* Musée du Louvre. Département des antiquités grecques et romaines. – Acquisitions de l'année 1906. Éd. Antoine Héron de Villefosse et Étienne Michon. Paris : s. n., 1907. * Musée du Louvre. Département des antiquités grecques et romaines. – Catalogue sommaire des marbres antiques. Éd. Antoine Héron de Villefosse et Étienne Michon. Paris : s. n., 1896 ; Paris : G. Braun, 1918 ; Melun : imprimerie Administrative ; Paris : Musées nationaux, palais du Louvre, 1922. * La Sculpture grecque au musée du Louvre. Paris : L'Illustration, 1934 (« Les Albums du Louvre »). * La Sculpture romaine au musée du Louvre, Paris : L'Illustration, 1936 (« Les Albums du Louvre »).

Sources

Charles Picard Charles Picard (7 June 1883 – 15 December 1965) was a prominent Classical archaeologist and historian of ancient Greek art. He is best known for his multi-volume, monumental survey, ''Manuel d'archéologie grecque: La sculpture.'' Volume I (7- ...

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Éloge funèbre de M. Etienne Michon, membre ordinaire
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External links

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''Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Étienne Michon''
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