Jean Robiquet (6 July 1874 – 26 March 1960) was a French art historian,

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and

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. He was also a playwright and

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known under the pseudonym Jean Roby.

Biography

Attached to the

Musée Carnavalet The Musée Carnavalet () in Paris is dedicated to the History of Paris, history of the city. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, ...

in 1897, he became assistant curator in 1904, then chief curator from 1919 to his retirement in 1934. From that date, he set up the organization of the of which he was the custodian up to 1940. He was also responsible for organizing numerous exhibitions in Sceaux, Bagatelle, in the Orangerie as well as in Carnavalet. In addition to his publications, he contributed to several magazines and newspapers. He was made an officer of the

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Publications

Prefaces

*1923: ''Une tournée dans le vieux Paris'', in ''Paris renseignements pratiques à l'usage de ses visiteurs'', Paris syndicat d'initiatives *1928: François Boucher, ''Les boiseries du musée Carnavalet'', Paris, Frazier-Soye *1929: Prosper Dorbec, ''L'Histoire de Paris au musée Carnavalet'', Paris, Rieder *1930: ''Le théâtre à Paris au XVIIIe siècle'' ectures at the musée Carnavalet 1n 1929 with 16 illustrations inset, Paris, Payot *1931: Marguerite Charageat, ''Chefs-d'œuvre des musées de province'', e exposition, École française XVIIe et XVIIe siècles, peintures et dessins des musées d'Amiens, Caen, Dijon, Laon… musée national de l'Orangerie, Éditions des Musées, 80 p. *1933: Marguerite Charageat, ''Chefs-d'œuvre des musées de province'', e exposition, École française XVIIe et XVIIe siècles, peintures et dessins des musées d'Amiens, Angers, Auxerre, Besançon… musée national de l'Orangerie, Éditions des Musées, 81 p. *1935: ''Les chefs-d'œuvre du Musée de Grenoble'', xposition au Petit Palais à Paris*1938: ''Trouville, Deauville, cités voisines'',

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Trouville-sur-Mer, librairie Foucault

Collaborations

* Jean Robiquet (dir.), « la Parisienne par l'image : trois siècles de grâces féminines », in ''Le Panorama'', Paris, Éd. L. Baschet, 1895 * ''Musée rétrospective des classes 85 & 86 : le costume et ses accessoires à l'exposition universelle internationale de 1900, à Paris'', notices-rapports de

Georges Cain Georges-Jules-Auguste Cain (16 April 1856, Paris - 4 March 1919, Paris) was a French painter, illustrator and writer, who specialized in the history of Paris, its monuments and its theaters. Biography His grandfather, Pierre-Jules Mêne and ...

Henri Caïn Henri Cain (11 October 1857 – 21 November 1937) was a French dramatist, opera and ballet librettist. He wrote over forty librettos from 1893 to his death, for many of the most prominent composers of the Parisian Belle Epoque. Cain was born in ...

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, Lucien Duchet,

François Flameng François Léopold Flameng (1856–1923) was a notable French painter during the last quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th. He was the son of Léopold Flameng, a celebrated printmaker, and received a first-rate education ...

Henri Lavedan Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (9 April 1859 – 4 September 1940), French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Orléans, the son of , a well-known Catholic and liberal journalist. Lavedan contributed to various Parisian papers a series of wit ...

Maurice Leloir Maurice Leloir (1 November 1853 – 7 October 1940) was a French illustrator, watercolourist, draftsman, printmaker, writer and collector. Biography Leloir was the son, and pupil, of painter and watercolorist Héloïse Colin, Héloïse Suzann ...

, Jean Robiquet. Imprimerie Belin frères, 1900. Reprint: Paris Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, 2014. * ''La collection Dutuit au Petit-Palais des Champs-Élysées'', with

Gaston Migeon Gustave Achille Gaston Migeon (25 May 1861, in Vincennes – 29 October 1930, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris) was a French historian of the arts of the world. He was a curator in the Department of Middle Age art objects, Renaissance and moder ...

, Édouard Rahir,

Arsène Alexandre Arsène Alexandre (16 August 1859 – 1 October 1937) was a French art critic. He was a contributor to ''L'Événement'', ''Le Paris'' and ''L'Éclair'' and in 1894 was one of the founders of the satirical journal ''Le Rire'', becoming its arti ...

, 1 vol, Éditions Goupil, Paris, 1903, 37 p. * ''L'œuvre inédit de Gavarni'', with Léon Marotte, Paris, H. Floury, 1912 * , ''La Révolution de 1789. Des origines au 30 septembre 1791'', after Michelet, Thiers, Mignet, iconographie de l'époque réunie sous la direction de Jean Robiquet, Paris, Éd. nationales, 1934 * Philippe Sagnac, ''La Révolution de 1789. Du 30 septembre 1791 au 26 octobre 1795'', after Michelet, Thiers, Mignet, iconographie de l'époque réunie sous la direction de Jean Robiquet, Paris, Éd. nationales, 1934

History

*1925: ''Le musée Carnavalet'', uide du visiteur 1 vol, in-12°, Paris, 78 p. *1927: ''Les Vieux hôtels du Marais et du quartier Saint-Paul'', Collection de la Société des promenades, lectures "Pour connaître Paris", Paris, Hachette *1938: ''La femme dans la peinture française, XV-XXe siècle'', preface by

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, Paris, Éditions nationales *1938: ''Saint-Lazarre, les vieux hôpitaux français'', Lyon, laboratoires Ciba *1939: ''La vie quotidienne au temps de la Révolution'', Corbeil, impr. Crété, Paris, Hachette, reprints in 1944, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1964 *1942: ''La vie quotidienne au temps de Napoléon'', Paris, Hachette, reprints in 1943, 1944, 1946, 1959, 1963; édition Famot, Genève, 1976 *1948: ''La vie quotidienne en France, au temps de la Révolution'', Paris, Hachette *1948: ''L'impressionnisme vécu'', istoire de l'art Paris, R. Julliard

Theatre

*1898: ''Couplets et rondeaux chantés'', in ''Paris complote'', revue in 1 act and 1 prologue by Édouard-Paul Lafargue and Jean Robiquet,

Théâtre des Capucines The Théâtre des Capucines was a theatre on the boulevard des Capucines in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built in 1889 by architect Édouard-Jean Niermans, it was taken over by two brothers, Émile Isola and Vincent Isola, in 1892 to become ...

, Paris, Imprimerie des arts et des lettres *1899: ''Balancez vos dames'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act in prose, from a tale by Jean de La Fontaine, with Édouard-Paul Lafargue, in-18, Paris, Librairie théâtrale, 44 p. *1900: ''Les Troqueurs'', proverbe facétieux in 1 act and in prose, from a tale by Jean de La Fontaine, Paris, P. Ollendorff, *1902: ''Le Paradis perdu'', fantaisie in 3 tableaux, including 1 prologue, Paris, G. Ondet *1913: ''L'Épouvantail'', by Jean Roby and Paul Cazères, one acte in prose, Paris, C. Joubert, *1922: ''Contes et propos. Soit dit entre nous'', by Jean Roby, illustration by Louis Morin, In-8°, Paris, Éditions La Force française, 119 p.

Biography

* ''Qui êtes-vous ?'', annuaire des contemporains, Paris, Rufy, 1924 * ''

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'', 1959-1960, Paris, Lafitte, 1960 * Henri Temerson, ''Biographies des principales personnalités françaises décédées au cours de l'année 1960'', Paris chez l'auteur, 1961

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