Courthion, Pierre

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French art critic and historian. Student at the Universite de Geneve; Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; and Ecole du Louvre. From 1933 to 1939 he was Director of the Cite Universitaire de Paris.

From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1950-1980. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84279552

Pierre Courthion (1902-1988) was a prominent Swiss-born art critic and historian. Courthion's major projects focused on the history of American, French and European art including the art of Paris and Montmartre, Romanticism and Realism, the Impressionist movement, Swiss art, and the contemporary art of his time.

From the description of Pierre Courthion papers, 1901-1985, undated (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83322189

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Pierre Courthion (1902-1988) was a prominent Swiss-born art critic and historian. Courthion's major projects focused on the history of American, French and European art including the art of Paris and Montmartre, Romanticism and Realism, the Impressionist movement, Swiss art, and the contemporary art of his time. Courthion attended the Université de Géneve and received a scholarship to study painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. While in Paris, Courthion spent time in Montmartre where he became acquainted with and developed friendships with artists such as Alberto Giacometti and Kurt Seligmann and encountered many of the artists living and working there, many of whom would be the focus of his later publications. Courthion was a student at the Louvre and did his doctoral work on the painter, Jean-Étienne Liotard. Over the course of his career, Courthion traveled widely for his research, lecture tours, and conferences. He lived and worked in France for most of his life.

For a complete bibliography of Pierre Courthion's works, consult his autobiography, D'une palette à l'autre: mémoires d'un critique d'art, which was published after his death in 2004.

Fuller biography of Pierre Courthion.

From the guide to the Pierre Courthion papers, 1901-1987, (The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688 (310) 440-7390)

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associatedWith Auberjonois, René Victor, 1872-1957. person
associatedWith Bonnard, Pierre, 1867-1947. person
associatedWith Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976. person
associatedWith Camargo, Iberê, 1914-1994. person
associatedWith Camargo, Iberê, 1914-1994 person
associatedWith Chéreau, Jean-Baptiste, 1907-1988. person
associatedWith Chéreau, Jean-Baptiste, 1907-1988 person
associatedWith Courbet, Gustave, 1819-1877 person
associatedWith Courbet, Gustave, 1819-1877. person
associatedWith Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863. person
associatedWith Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863 person
associatedWith Dufy, Raoul, 1877-1953 person
associatedWith Dufy, Raoul, 1877-1953. person
associatedWith Estève, Maurice, 1904-2001. person
associatedWith Galerie Bonnier corporateBody
associatedWith Galerie Bonnier. corporateBody
correspondedWith Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 person
associatedWith Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867 person
associatedWith Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867. person
associatedWith Klee, Paul, 1879-1940. person
associatedWith Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789 person
associatedWith Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789. person
associatedWith Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883. person
associatedWith Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883 person
associatedWith Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954 person
associatedWith Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954. person
associatedWith Miró, Joan, 1893-1983 person
associatedWith Ramuz, C. F. (Charles Ferdinand), 1878-1947. person
associatedWith Rouault, Georges, 1871-1958 person
associatedWith Rouault, Georges, 1871-1958. person
associatedWith Rousseau, Henri, 1844-1910 person
associatedWith Rousseau, Henri, 1844-1910. person
associatedWith Schiavi, Elena person
associatedWith Schiavi, Elena. person
associatedWith Seligmann, Kurt, 1900-1962 person
associatedWith Seligmann, Kurt, 1900-1962. person
associatedWith Seurat, Georges, 1859-1891 person
associatedWith Seurat, Georges, 1859-1891. person
associatedWith Severini, Gino, 1883-1966 person
associatedWith Severini, Gino, 1883-1966. person
associatedWith Soutine, Chaim, 1893-1943. person
associatedWith Soutine, Chaïm, 1893-1943 person
associatedWith Staël, Nicolas de, 1914-1955. person
associatedWith Stercq, Jean-Pol, 1943- person
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Impressionism (Art)
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Painting, French
Painting, French
Realism in art
Romanticism in art
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Active 1941

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