Pierre Rosenberg

Pierre Rosenberg is a French art historian and museum director specializing in French painting. He served as president-director of the Louvre from 1994 to 2001.

Nicolas Poussin: Nicolas Poussin was a seventeenth-century French painter known for classical compositions and historical subjects. Rosenberg wrote extensively on Poussin and helped shape modern scholarship on his paintings.
Louvre: The Louvre is a national museum in Paris, with collections spanning antiquity to the nineteenth century. Rosenberg served as its president-director from 1994 to 2001.
French painting: French painting is the body of painting produced in France across historical periods and artistic movements. It was Rosenberg’s principal area of scholarship and curatorial expertise.
Louvre Pyramid: The Louvre Pyramid is a glass-and-metal entrance pavilion designed by architect I. M. Pei and opened in 1989. Rosenberg’s tenure followed the pyramid’s opening and continued the museum’s modernization.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard: Jean-Honoré Fragonard was an eighteenth-century French painter associated with Rococo art. Fragonard is among the French painters Rosenberg studied and catalogued.
Connoisseurship: Connoisseurship is the expert study of artworks to assess their authorship, date, provenance, and quality. Rosenberg’s close study of French paintings exemplified connoisseurship.
Art history: Art history is the study of visual art, including its forms, makers, contexts, and histories. Rosenberg’s publications and museum work belong to this discipline.
Musée Eugène-Delacroix: The Musée Eugène-Delacroix is a Paris museum devoted to the life and work of painter Eugène Delacroix. Rosenberg supported the museum’s integration into the Louvre’s institutional network.
Jacques-Louis David: Jacques-Louis David was a French Neoclassical painter whose work addressed classical history and revolutionary politics. David’s paintings belong to the French tradition Rosenberg interpreted as a scholar and curator.
Catalogue raisonné: A catalogue raisonné is a scholarly inventory of an artist’s known works, usually with descriptions and provenance. Rosenberg’s research on painters contributed to authoritative cataloguing of their work.

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Jean Siméon ChardinRelated: His research and exhibitions have helped establish modern understanding of Chardin’s work.