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.[1] She curated notable exhibitions such as Large monographie Renoir, Cézanne et Un ami Van Gogh: Le Docteur Gachet, 'and 'Paul Signac (1863-1935) or The Mystery et l'éclat.
Anne Distel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne Dayez 19 February 1947 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Museum curator, art critic |
Career
editAnne Distel is professor of art history at Paris-Sorbonne University. She is the author of numerous books on nineteenth-century paintings. She is particularly interested in Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and was the curator of the monographic exhibition of Renoir which was presented at the Grand Palais in Paris in 1985. She organised a lecture, "Renoir and the Woman of Paris", at The Frick Collection art museum in 2012.[2]
She authored Renoir : « Il faut embellir » (1993), a lavishly illustrated pocket book for the collection "Découvertes Gallimard", which has been translated into six languages, including English; and Renoir, a 400-page book packaged in a box set, published in English in 2010.[3]
During an interview with Éditions Gallimard, Distel observed that collectors—for example, Albert C. Barnes—played a very important role in Renoir's life, and were the cause of evolution of his style. Barnes built a foundation to house his eclectic private collection in 1922. The foundation had a goal of education consistent with Barnes' very democratic ideas about the spread of culture.[4]
Distel was nominated Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2008.[5]
Selected publications
edit- Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974
- Impressionism: The First Collectors, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990
- Renoir : « Il faut embellir », collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 177), série Arts. Éditions Gallimard, 1993, new edition in 2009[6]
- UK edition – Renoir: A Sensuous Vision, 'New Horizons' series. Thames & Hudson, 1995
- US edition – Renoir: A Sensuous Vision, "Abrams Discoveries" series. Harry N. Abrams, 1995
- Gustave Caillebotte: Urban Impressionist, Abbeville Press, 1995
- Signac, au temps d'harmonie, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 404), série Arts. Éditions Gallimard, 2001
- Renoir, Abbeville Press, 2010
- In collaboration
- With John House and Lawrence Gowing, Renoir (Renoir Exhibition Catalogue), Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985
- With Claire Frèches-Thory, Geniève Lacambre and Sylvie Gache-Patin, Musee d'Orsay: Impressionism and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces, Thames & Hudson, 1993
- With Susan Alyson Stein, Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999
References
edit- ^ "Anne Distel". franceculture.fr (in French). 2004. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Anne Distel: "Renoir and the Woman of Paris"". frick.org. 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Renoir By Anne Distel". abbeville.com. 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Rencontre avec Anne Distel, à l'occasion de la parution de Renoir (1994)". gallimard.fr (in French). 2004. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2008". culture.gouv.fr (in French). 2008. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Renoir : " Il faut embellir ", collection Découvertes Gallimard (n° 177)". gallimard.fr. Retrieved 2018-02-10.