Louis Gillet
Louis Gillet (11 December 1876, Paris – 1 July 1943, Paris) was a French art historian and literary historian.
Louis Gillet | |
|---|---|
| Born | Louis-Marie-Pierre-Dominique Gillet 11 December 1876 Paris, France |
| Died | 1 July 1943 (aged 66) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Collège Stanislas de Paris École normale supérieure |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Subject | Art |
Life
Louis-Marie-Pierre-Dominique Gillet was born in Paris on 11 December 1876. He studied at the Collège Stanislas de Paris and the École normale supérieure (Paris). In 1900, he became a lecturer on the French at the University of Greifswald; from 1907 to 1909 he was a professor at the Université Laval in Montreal. He became an art critic in Paris, before entering the armed forces. Gillet contributed a number of article to the Catholic Encyclopedia.[1]
Works
- Raphaël, 1907
- Watteau, 1921
- Trois variations sur Claude Monet, 1927
- Esquisses anglaises, 1930
- Essais sur l'art français, 1937, dedicated to Bernard Berenson.
References
- The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers, 1917, p. 65
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