Jean-Marie Touratier (1943 – 1 February 2021) was a French writer, author, and artistic director.

Biography

Touratier earned an

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in modern literature and subsequently became the director of the Fonds régional d'art contemporain in Toulouse and arranged multiple art exhibitions. He then worked as a cultural advisor to the of Paris, serving as an academic delegate for arts and culture. In addition to his career as an artistic director, he wrote a number of books about different works of art. Jean-Marie Touratier died in Paris on 1 February 2021 at the age of 77 from COVID-19.

Works

*''T.V. Essai sur la représentation et la communication'' (1978) *''Farce'' (1979) *''Le Stéréotype. Et comment s'en servir'' (1979) *''Autoportraits avec ruines'' (1980) *''Le Mal de Seine'' (1980) *''Au bord des fleuves de Babylone'' (1982) *''Vie et légende du captain Sarkis'' (1986) *''Manuel pratique d'art contemporain'' (1987) *''Moi, le dernier des enfants d'Occident & autres textes'' (1991) *''Bois rouge'' (1993) *''Le Caravage. Fragments d'une vie violente'' (1997) *''L’œuvre ultime. Giovanni Cosma'' (1999) *''La Belle Déception du regard. Réflexions sur l’art contemporain'' (2001) *''Martha se tait'' (2003) *''Déjà la nuit. Claude Monet'' (2005) *''La Cicatrice'' (2007) *''Être humain, tome I, Carl Th. Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman'' (2009) *''Être humain, tome II, Yasujiro Ozu, Andreï Tarkovski'' (2009) *''Géricault, cheval-peintre'' (2012) *''Pauvre Joconde'' (2013) *''"Les Venimeux"'' (2015) *''Mauvais sang'' (2018) *''Le légendaire de Marcel Duchamp'' (2020)

References

French writers 1943 births 2021 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub