Pierre Rosenberg

Pierre Rosenberg
Born	Pierre Max Rosenberg (1936-04-13) April 13, 1936 Paris, France
Nationality	French
Education	École du Louvre
Occupation	Art historian
Spouse(s)	Béatrice de Rothschild
Relatives	Alain de Rothschild (father-in-law)

Pierre Max Rosenberg (born April 13, 1936 in Paris) is a French art historian and essayist. He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge in 1986.

Early life

Pierre Rosenberg was born on April 13, 1936 Paris. He graduated from the École du Louvre.

Career

He joined the Musée du Louvre in 1962 as an assistant. After his promotion to curator, he later became director of the museum in 1994 and served at this post until 2001.

Rosenberg was elected to the Académie française on 7 December 1995. He is also an honorary member of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno of Florence.

Personal life

He is married to Béatrice de Rothschild, the daughter of the late Alain de Rothschild.

Works

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

• France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-Century French Paintings in American Collections, 1982, ISBN 978-0870992957
• Fragonard, 1988, ISBN 978-0810909212
• Chardin, 2000, ISBN 978-0300083484
• From Drawing to Painting: Poussin, Watteau, Fragonard, David, and Ingres, 2000, ISBN 978-0691009186
• Only in America: 100 European Masterpieces in American Museums, 2006, ISBN 978-8876246623

External links

• Académie Française profile (French)

1. REDIRECT Template:Académie française current members

• This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the bold category link.