Antoine Schnapper
French historian
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| Intro | French historian | ||
| Places | France | ||
| was | Historian Art historian | ||
| Work field | Arts Academia Social science | ||
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| Birth | 10 July 1933, Paris | ||
| Death | 29 August 2004Paris (aged 71 years) | ||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||
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Biography
Antoine Schnapper (10 July 1933 – 29 August 2004) of German descent, was a French art historian on art of the 18th century. A student of André Chastel, he organised many retrospectives on artists of that period, notably one at the Louvre in 1989 on Jacques-Louis David to commemorate the bicentenary of the French Revolution. He taught at the université de Paris IV.
Selected works
- Le métier de peintre au grand siècle ; Paris : Gallimard, 2004. OCLC 56821323
- Collections et collectionneurs dans la France du XVIIe siècle ; Paris : Flammarion, 1988. OCLC 19331396
- David témoin de son temps, Office du Livre, Fribourg, 1980 ISBN 2-85047-000-7 Reference
- Tableaux pour le Trianon de marbre 1688-1714. ; Paris, La Haye, Mouton, 1967. OCLC 2323606
- Jean Jouvenet, 1644-1717. ; Rouen. Musée des beaux arts, 1966. OCLC 2906632