Sylvie Patin (born Sylvie Gache-Patin on 11 June 1951) is a French

conservator-restorer A conservator-restorer is a professional responsible for the preservation of artistic and cultural artifacts, also known as cultural heritage. Conservators possess the expertise to preserve cultural heritage in a way that retains the integrity ...

of cultural heritage at Musée d'Orsay and art historian specialised in

Impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

Career

Sylvie Patin was born on 11 June 1951. She has a degree in

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and a master's degree in history at the

Paris Nanterre University Paris Nanterre University (French: ''Université Paris Nanterre''), formerly Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Paris, France. It is one of the most prestigious French universities, m ...

, then she joined

École du Louvre The École du Louvre is an institution of higher education and grande école located in the Aile de Flore of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology and epigraphy. Admission is ...

to continue her study. She did a museum internship at the

Musée Marmottan Monet Musée Marmottan Monet ( en, Marmottan Museum of Monet) is an art museum in Paris, France, dedicated to artist Claude Monet. The collection features over three hundred Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, including his 1 ...

in 1972 and passed the competitive examination of the musées de France in 1973. From 1974 to 1975, she was a trainee curator at

Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume Jeu de Paume ( en, Real Tennis Court) is an arts centre for modern and postmodern photography and media. It is located in the north corner (west side) of the Tuileries Gardens next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. In 2004, Galerie Nationale ...

and

Musée de l'Orangerie The Musée de l'Orangerie ( en, Orangery Museum) is an art gallery of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings located in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The museum is most famous as the ...

, then a full-time curator from 1976 to 1980. She became curator of the Musée d'Orsay in 1980, chief curator in 1991, and finally a general curator in 2006. She retired in 2016. In 2010, Patin curated an exhibition of Monet at the Grand Palais. She has published several books on the impressionist painter

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. Durin ...

, such as (2016), a book presents the study of Monet's garden and house in

Giverny Giverny () is a commune in the northern French department of Eure.Commune de Giverny (27285) ...

; and (1991), a copiously illustrated pocket book belonging to the collection “ Découvertes Gallimard”, which has been translated into seven languages, including English. On 20 September 2020, Patin was invited to a ' based on her book . The meeting was organised in a former florist shop at the Place de l'Église of

Illiers-Combray Illiers-Combray () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in north central France. Population Literature ''Combray'' was the writer Marcel Proust's name for the village of Illiers (near the Cathedral town of Chartres), vividly depicted by ...

, during a book fair held in the

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Publications

; Publications by Patin * ''In the Country: 19th Century Musée d’Orsay'', Éditions Hazan, 1986 * ''Monet : « un œil... mais, bon Dieu, quel œil ! »'', collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 131), série Arts. Éditions Gallimard, 1991, new edition in 2010 ** ''Monet: The Ultimate Impressionist'', ‘ New Horizons’ series, Thames & Hudson, 1993 (UK edition) ** ''Monet: The Ultimate Impressionist'', “

Abrams Discoveries Abrams may refer to: * Abrams (surname), a list of notable people with the surname * '' Abrams v. United States'', 250 U.S. 616 (1919), U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding free speech during times of war * M1 Abrams, main battle tank * Abrams, ...

” series. Harry N. Abrams, 1993 (U.S. edition) * ''Impression... impressionnisme'', collection « Découvertes Gallimard Texto » (nº 4). Éditions Gallimard, 1998 * ''L’impressionnisme'', La Bibliothèque des Arts, 2002 * ''Claude Monet au musée d’Orsay'', RMN, 2004 * ''Le Musée intime de Monet à Giverny'', Éditions Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2016 ** ''Monet’s Private Picture Gallery at Giverny'', Éditions Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2016 ; In collaboration * With

Anne Distel Anne Distel (born Anne Dayez on 19 February 1947) is a French honorary general curator of heritage at the Musée d'Orsay and specialist in Impressionist paintings. She curated notable exhibitions such as ''Large monographie Renoir'', ''Cézanne et ...

& Michel Hoog, ''L’impressionnisme au musée du Jeu de Paume'', F. Hazan, 1977 * AA.VV., ''Monet (Grand Palais Paris exhibition catalogue): 1840–1926'', Harry N. Abrams, 2010

References

External links

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Bibliographie de Sylvie Patin
at her official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Patin, Sylvie 1951 births Living people Curators from Paris French art critics French women art critics École du Louvre alumni Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres French women curators