Georges Poisson Explained

Georges Poisson (27 November 1924 – 14 May 2022) was a French art historian.

Poisson was born in Düsseldorf on 27 November 1924. A nephew of demographer Alfred Sauvy, and journalist Titaÿna, Georges Poisson was the son of journalist Claude Salvy (Marie-Madeleine Sauvy).

A curator of the at château de Sceaux from 1948, Georges Poisson developed there the collections, created a documentation center, an educational service, organized exhibitions and concerts.[1] At the same time, he carried out reorganization missions to the museums of Meudon (where the organization of the rooms was rethought,[2]), Courbevoie, Dourdan, Blaye, etc. He was the initiator of the gift of bibliophile André Desguines's library to the department of Hauts-de-Seine.[3]

A defender of monuments and sites, he led many successful campaigns: rescue, with Alain Decaux, of the château de Monte-Cristo, restoration of the Great Perspective of Meudon, decisive actions at Chateaubriand's home in the (Châtenay-Malabry) and in that of Émile Zola in Médan.

Poisson died on 14 May 2022, at the age of 97.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Georges Poisson, Combats pour le patrimoine, chapitre II et III, 2010.
  2. Bulletin folklorique d'Ile-de-France, Volume 30, 1967, .
  3. La revue des patrimoines des Hauts-de-Seine, printemps-été 2010, .
  4. Web site: Hommage à Georges Poisson . Les Chroniques des Amis de Versailles . 10 November 2022 . 3 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Georges Poisson . Who's Who in France . 10 November 2022.
  6. http://www.academie-francaise.fr/georges-poisson academie-francaise.fr
  7. http://www.librairievo.com/livre/510340-la-duchesse-de-chevreuse-georges-poisson-perrin librairievo.com
  8. http://www.chapitre.com/CHAPITRE/fr/BOOK/poisson-georges/marie-de-rohan-duchesse-de-chevreuse,1054384.aspx chapitre.com