René Huyghe

Born May 3 1906, Arras. Died February 4, 1997

Education and professional career

1930 : Curator at the École du Louvre
1933-1934 : Pursues a vast survey of museum organization, from Russia to America. Both in Paris and abroad, he organized numerous exhibitions. At the same time, he edited several magazines, particularly L'Amour de l'Art and Quadrige. He was one of the first to make films about art, including the award-winning Rubens at the Venice Biennale, and was founding president of the Fédération Internationale du Film sur l'Art.
1937 : Head Curator of the Department of Paintings and Drawings and Professor at the École du Louvre
During the war, he was responsible for evacuating and protecting the Louvre's painting collections, and was a member of the General Staff of the Veny groups in the South-West during the Resistance.
1950-1976 : Professor at the Collège de France,Chair of Psychology of the Plastic Arts
1967-1968 : Called to Washington as Professor in Residence at the National Gallery of Art (Kress Foundation)
1974 : Director of the Musée Jacquemart-André
1975-1988 : Chairman, Conseil des Musées nationaux
Chairman of the UNESCO International Commission of Experts for the Safeguarding of Venice for ten years
Vice-Chairman, then Honorary Chairman, Syndicat de la Presse artistique
President of the Friends of Delacroix
Member of the Coïmbra and Venice Institutes
Member of the Literary Council of the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation
President of the Jury of the Grand Prix d'Art Contemporain de Monaco