Jacques-Édouard Berger (24 May 1945 – 10 November 1993) was a Swiss Egyptologist.

Biography

Jacques-Édouard Berger was the son of the Swiss writer, philosopher, and art historian

René Berger René Berger (April 29, 1915, Brussels – January 29, 2009, Lausanne) was a Swiss writer, philosopher and a historian of art. Titles *"Docteur ès lettres" of the University of Paris (Sorbonne) *Honorary professor at the University of Lausanne ...

. He received a BA from the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzer ...

in 1969 and obtained an additional degree in

Egyptology Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious ...

at the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centu ...

in 1973.

Work

He held the positions of curator at the

Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts The Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts (french: Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA) is an art museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Collection The museum was created by private initiative in 1841, with funds provided by the artist Marc-Louis Arlaud, who ...

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

and lecturer at the École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. He was a member of several international committees at the

International Council of Museums The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to museums, maintaining formal relations with UNESCO and having a consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Founded in 1946, I ...

and

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

Jacques-Édouard Berger Foundation

The Jacques-Édouard Berger Foundation was created by a small group of relatives and friends in 1994, shortly after Berger's death. Its aim is to edit his entire works through a website named for him. The collection contains are more than 100,000 images (mainly slides), as well as recordings of Berger's lectures. Since Berger's private collection has been placed at the ''Musée des arts décoratifs'' in

Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts The Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (French: ''Musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains'', MUDAC) is a museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. See also * List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: ...

(MUDAC), the Foundation was inaugurated with an exhibition thereExhibition http://www.mudac.ch/collections (November 17, 1995 – January 2, 1996).

Publications

*''L'œil et l'éternité : portraits romains d'Égypte'', Flammarion, Paris, 1977 *''El-Fayyum - I Segni dell'Uomo'',

Franco Maria Ricci Franco Maria Ricci (2 December 1937 – 10 September 2020) was an Italian art publisher and magazine editor. Amongst his publications is '' FMR'', a Milan-based bi-monthly art magazine published in Italian, English, German, French, and Spanish for ...

, Milan, 1978 (French ed., 1985) *''Pierres d'Égypte'', Éditions Pour l'Art, Lausanne, 1987 * ''Jacques-Édouard Berger, Un regard partagé'', édition Fondation Jacques-Édouard Berger, 1995 *''Philippe Germond, Le monde symbolique des amulettes égyptiennes'', Édition des 5 Continents, Milan, 2005 (documents en provenance de la collection Jacques-Édouard Berger)

References

External links

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Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berger, Jacques Edouard Swiss art historians Swiss Egyptologists 1945 births 1993 deaths