Jean Leymarie (17 July 1919,

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– 9 March 2006) was a French

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Biography

Born into a peasant family, he pursued his studies in

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then

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. After the

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, he began his museum career. He was curator at

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from 1950 to 1955, director of the

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from 1968 to 1973 and director of the

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from 1979 to 1985. He taught for a long time at the

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universities of

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and

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and published several works on the history of art. He remains one of those who imposed 20th-century painting on French national museums.

Works

* Jerome Bosch (1949). Paris * Impressionism I, before 1873 (1955). Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 119 pp. (volume No. 11 from "The Taste of Our Time" series). * Impressionism II, after 1873 (1955). Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 139 pp. (volume No. 12 from "The Taste of Our Time" series). * Dutch Painting (1956). Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 213 pp. (from the "Painting, Color, History" series) * Fauvism (1959). Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 165 pp. (volume No. 28 from "The Taste of Our Time" series) by Leymarie & Emmons. * Braque: Biographical and Critical Studies (1961). Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 135 pp. (volume No. 35 from "The Taste of Our Time" series). * French Painting: The Nineteenth Century (1962) Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva 231 pp. (French Painting Volume III from the "Painting, Color, History" series) * Hommage à Pablo Picasso : peintures (1966). Paris. * Corot: Biographical and Critical Studies (1966). Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva 140 pp. (volume No. 44 from "The Taste of Our Time" series). * Picasso Drawings (1967). Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva 107 pp. (unnumbered volume from "The Taste of Our Time" series). * Impressionist Drawings From Manet To Renoir (1969). Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva 104 pp. (unnumbered volume from "The Taste of Our Time" series). * Renoir (1978) * Drawing: History of an Art (1979). Skira/Rizzoli International Publishing. New York, N. Y. 279 pp. (by J. Leymarie, G. Monnier, and B. Rose) * Picasso, La monographie 1881-1973 * Watercolors: from Dürer to Balthus (1984). Skira/Rizzoli International Publishing. New York, N. Y. 139 pp. * Le Fauvisme (1987) * La campagne de Corot (1996) * Balthus (1982) * L'Aquarelle * Fauves and Fauvism (1987). Skira/Rizzoli International Publishing. New York, N. Y. 120 pp. * Marc Chagall: The Jerusalem Windows (1988) * ''

Geneviève Asse Geneviève Asse (Vannes, French Third Republic, France, 24 January 1923 – 11 August 2021) was a French painter. She died in August 2021 at the age of 98. She was awarded the Grand-Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour. Genevièv ...

'', co-witren with Sylvia Baron * Gauguin (1990) * Tal Coat (1992) * Le Fauvisme (1992) * Fenosa (1993) * Yves rouvre * Van Gogh Arles: Dessins 1888–1889, Documents Originaux - Photographies * Braque: Les ateliers (1995) * Chanel (1987) documentation by Catherine Hubschmann (Editions d'Art Albert Skira S.A. Geneva)

References

Obituary in ''Le Monde'', 14 March 2006Books by Jean Leymarie on Amazon, 6 April 2016
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leymarie, Jean 1919 births 2006 deaths People from Lot (department) French art historians Directors of museums in France French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers