François Avril
François Avril | |
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| Born | August 19, 1938 |
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| Education | École Nationale des Chartes |
| Notable awards | CNRS Silver Medal (1989) |
François Avril (born 19 August 1938)[1] is a French art historian and librarian, specialising in medieval manuscripts and their illuminations.
Early life and education
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Avril graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes in 1963 in the same class as Bruno Neveu with a thesis entitled La décoration des manuscrits dans les abbayes bénédictines de Normandie aux XI-XII siecles (Manuscript Decoration in Benedictine Abbeys in Normandy in the 11th to 12th centuries)[2] The same year, he was made palaeographic-archivist and a member of the French Academy in Rome.[3]
Career
[edit]He joined the manuscripts department at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in 1967 and remained there until retirement in 2003 as general curator.[4]
Recognition
[edit]In 1989, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) awarded Avril a silver medal.[5] In 2004, he was granted an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Berlin, an event marked by a day of lectures published in a volume of Mélanges.[6]
Works
[edit]Avril has published several books and articles and taken part in many exhibitions.[7] His most notable works are:
- Avril, François (1964). "Notes sur quelques manuscrits bénédictins normands du XIe et du XIIe siècle". www.persee.fr. Retrieved 28 May 2023..
- Avril, François (1965). "Notes sur quelques manuscrits bénédictins normands du XIe et du XIIe siècle (suite)". www.persee.fr (A study of the rôle d'armes Bigot). Retrieved 28 May 2023..
- L'enluminure à la cour de France au 14th century. éditions du Chêne. 1978. ISBN 978-2-85108-165-0..
- Dix siècles d'enluminure italienne - VI-XVI siecles. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France. 1984. ISBN 2-7177-1690-4.
- Le Livre des Tournois du Roi René de la Bibliothèque Nationale (ms.français 2695), Paris, Herscher, 1986, 85 p.
- Quand la peinture était dans les livres : les manuscrits enluminés en France : 1440–1520, Flammarion, 1993 (in collaboration with Nicole Reynaud) - whose catalogue won the prix Minda de Gunzburg[6]
- Les manuscrits à peintures en France: 1440–1520. Flammarion et Bibliothèque nationale de France. 1993. ISBN 2-08-012176-6. (in collaboration with Nicole Reynaud).
- Jean Fouquet: peintre et enlumineur du 15th century. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France et Hazan. 2003. ISBN 2-7177-2257-2..
- Les Enluminures du Louvre, Moyen Âge et Renaissance. Paris: Hazan - Louvre éditions. 2011. ISBN 978-2-7541-0569-9. (in collaboration with Nicole Reynaud and Dominique Cordellier).
References
[edit]- ^ (in French) Biographical authority in the main catalogue of the BnF
- ^ (in French) Thèses de l'École des chartes.
- ^ (in French) Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes.
- ^ (in French) Bernard Bousmanne and Thierry Delcourt (ed.), Miniatures flamandes : 1440-1520, Paris/Bruxelles, Bibliothèque nationale de France et Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 2011, 464 p. (ISBN 978-2-7177-2499-8 et 978-2-87093-169-1), p. 5.
- ^ (in French) Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, Volume 41, p.529
- ^ a b (in French) Mara Hofmann, Caroline Zöhl (ed) and Eberhard König (preface), Quand la peinture était dans les livres : Mélanges en l'honneur de François Avril, Turnhout/Paris, Brepols and Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2007, 503 p. (ISBN 978-2-503-52356-9). (First 20 pages
- ^ (in French) Full list of his publications as of 2007
- 1938 births
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