Maurice Rheims (4 January 1910 – 6 March 2003) was a French art auctioneer, art historian and novelist, born in

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. He administered the estate of the painter

Pablo Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...

. He is the father of the photographer Bettina Rheims.

Bibliography

* *''The Flowering of Art Nouveau'', Harry N. Abrams, 1966. Translated by Patrick Evans. originally published in Paris by Arts et Métiers Graphiques * ''The Glorious Obsession'',

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, 1980,

External links

Rheims at the Académie française website
1910 births 2003 deaths Writers from Versailles French art historians Members of the Académie Française French male novelists 20th-century French writers Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour 20th-century French male writers French people of Jewish descent French male non-fiction writers Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery {{france-historian-stub