Jacques Thuillier, (March 18, 1928,
Vaucouleurs
Vaucouleurs () is a commune in the Meuse department, northeastern France. It is situated on the river Meuse, approximately from Toul and Commercy.
History
Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville (1225/33 – 21 October 1314) also known as ...
,
Meuse
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– October 18, 2011, Paris)
was a French
art historian specializing in 17th-century French painting.
Thuillier was an honorary professor at the
Collège de France
The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ('' grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris n ...
, where he taught history of artistic creation from 1977 to 1998.
He was a renowned specialist of French painting and, alongside the late
Anthony Blunt, a leading authority on
Nicolas Poussin. He published seminal works on the leading French painters of the time, including
Simon Vouet
Simon Vouet (; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and ...
,
Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chia ...
, the
Le Nain brothers,
Laurent de La Hyre
Laurent de La Hyre (; 27 February 1606 – 28 December 1656) was a French Baroque painter, born in Paris. He was a leading exponent of the neoclassical style of Parisian Atticism.
Life
La Hyre was greatly influenced by the work of Italian ...
,
Sébastien Bourdon
Sébastien Bourdon (2 February 1616 – 8 May 1671) was a French painter and engraver. His ''chef d'œuvre'' is ''The Crucifixion of St. Peter'' made for the cathedral of Notre Dame.
Biography
Bourdon was born in Montpellier, Fran ...
,
Jacques Blanchard and
Lubin Baugin. His publications on those painters often took the form of both an exhibition catalogue and a ''
catalogue raisonné
A ''catalogue raisonné'' (or critical catalogue) is a comprehensive, annotated listing of all the known artworks by an artist either in a particular medium or all media. The works are described in such a way that they may be reliably identified ...
'' based on extensive archival research.
An avid collector, Thuillier 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
The Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy (french: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy), one of the oldest museums in France, is housed in one of the pavilions on Place Stanislas, in the heart of the 18th-century urban ensemble, a World Heritage Site by U ...
and part of his collection of paintings to the art museum at
Vic-sur-Seille
Vic-sur-Seille (, literally ''Vic on Seille''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
People
It was the birthplace of Georges de La Tour.
Art museum
The art museum of Vic-sur-Seille, in French ', was cr ...
. He donated to the city of
Nevers
Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France. It was the principal city of the former province of Nivernais. It is sou ...
part of his archives, his library, a collection of drawings and engravings, and his collections of photographs, thus making the Nevers Médiathèque into a documentation centre for French painting of the 17th century. Another part of these archives and manuscripts is held at the INHA (
fr), in Paris.
Main publications
*''French Painting'', Rizzoli International Publications
*''Fragonard'', Rizzoli International Publications
*''Les Prophètes: Vitraux d
Sergio de Castro' / ''Los Profetas: Vidrieras de Sergio de Castro'' (1984), Ediciones El Viso, Madrid,
*''Laurent de La Hyre 1606–1655'' (1988), Geneva, Skira
*''Georges de La Tour'' (1992), Paris, Flammarion
*''Nicolas Poussin'' (1995), Flammarion, Paris,
*''Poussin before Rome: 1594–1624'', translated from the French by
Christopher Allen (1995), Richard L. Feigen & Co., London, New York, Chicago
*''Sébastien Bourdon 1616–1671'' (2000), Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris
*''Histoire de l'art'' (2002), Flammarion, Paris,
*''History of Art'' (2002), Flammarion, Paris,
References
External links
Jacques Thuillier's biography on the College de France Website
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1928 births
2011 deaths
People from Vaucouleurs
French art historians
École Normale Supérieure alumni
Academic staff of the Collège de France
French male non-fiction writers