Étienne-Louis-Charles-Alexandre Michon (23 March 1865 in Marly-sous-Issy – 2 January 1939) was a French art historian.

Biography

The son of :fr:Joseph Michon, Étienne Michon was a student at the

École normale supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...

from 1884 to 1886 and agrégé de lettres. He was a member of the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et ...

from 1887 to 1889, and worked at the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

from 1889 to 1899. Étienne Michon was assistant curator at the Louvre from 1899 to 1919, professor at the

École du Louvre The École du Louvre () is a selective institution of higher education and prestigious ''grande école'' located in the Aile de Flore of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology ...

from 1910 to 1931, chief curator at the Louvre from 1919 to 1936, co-director of the magazine ''Monuments et mémoires de la fondation Eugène Piot'' from 1929 to 1939 and honorary curator of national museums in 1936. He became a member of the Société des Antiquaires de France in 1895 and was elected at the

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in 1925. He was officier of the

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, officier d'Académie and officier de l'Instruction publique.

Some publications

* Musée du Louvre. Département des antiquités grecques et romaines. – Acquisitions de l'année 1906. Éd. Antoine Héron de Villefosse et Étienne Michon. Paris : s. n., 1907. * Musée du Louvre. Département des antiquités grecques et romaines. – Catalogue sommaire des marbres antiques. Éd. Antoine Héron de Villefosse et Étienne Michon. Paris : s. n., 1896 ; Paris : G. Braun, 1918 ; Melun : imprimerie Administrative ; Paris : Musées nationaux, palais du Louvre, 1922. * La Sculpture grecque au musée du Louvre. Paris : L'Illustration, 1934 (« Les Albums du Louvre »). * La Sculpture romaine au musée du Louvre, Paris : L'Illustration, 1936 (« Les Albums du Louvre »).

Sources

* Charles Picard,
Éloge funèbre de M. Etienne Michon, membre ordinaire
', 1939

External links

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on data.bnf.fr * Notic
Étienne Michon
Hélène Le Meaux, INHA, 2010
''Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Étienne Michon''
on Persée {{DEFAULTSORT:Michon, Etienne 1865 births People from Saône-et-Loire 1939 deaths École Normale Supérieure alumni French hellenists French art historians French epigraphers Officers of the Legion of Honour Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres