Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos explained

Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos (born 19 November 1936) is a French architectural historian.

Family

His family was an old bourgeois one originating in the Dauphiné.[1] His earliest known ancestor is Jean Pérouse (died 1663), procurer, mayor of Vienne. Pierre Pérouse de Montclos (1746–1790), was mayor of and deputy for Roussillon, Didier Pérouse de Montclos (1786–1863) was a notary and Henri Pérouse de Montclos (1820–1892) was also mayor of Roussillon.

Life

Born in Amiens, he gained a diploma from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. He also has a doctorate in literature. He is director of research at the CNRS. When André Malraux and André Chastel established France's Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel in 1964, de Montclos was the first researcher it recruited. He thus took responsibility for its research and documentation, coordinating their method and vocabulary and presiding over the national commission.

He teaches at the École de Chaillot and the École du Louvre and has written several works on early modern architecture. He is a member of France's Académie d'architecture and of the 'conseil scientifique' Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio (CISA, aka Palladio Museum). His son Marc-Antoine specialises in the politics of conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa and teaches at the Sciences Po Paris.

Works

Honours

Notes and References

  1. [Pierre-Marie Dioudonnat]
  2. Web site: Prix Eugène Carrière | Académie française. academie-francaise.fr.
  3. Web site: Archives des nominations et promotions dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres.