Éric de Chassey
Art historian
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| Intro | Art historian | ||
| Places | France | ||
| is | Historian Art historian Writer Educator | ||
| Work field | Arts Academia Literature Social science | ||
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| Birth | 1 January 1965, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. | ||
| Age | 59 years | ||
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Biography
Éric de Buretel de Chassey (born 1965, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is a French historian of French art, art critic, and professor of contemporary art at François Rabelais University in Tours, France.
Born in the United States to French parents, Benoît de Buretel de Chassey (1941–2012) and Brit Michon du Marais (born 1943), he was raised in France. On 4 September 2009, he was named director of the French Academy in Rome, succeeding Frédéric Mitterrand. He has been married since 2013 to actress Anne Consigny.