Jules Guiffrey
Born
Jules-Joseph Guiffrey

29 November 1840
Paris
Died26 November 1918(1918-11-26) (aged 77)
Paris
Occupation(s)Art historian
Archivist
Paleographer

Jules-Joseph Guiffrey (29 November 1840 – 26 November 1918) was a 19th-century French art historian, a member of the Académie des beaux-arts.

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While studying law (he graduated in 1861[1]), he was a student at the École nationale des chartes where he obtained his diploma of archivist paleographer in 1863 with a thesis entitled Examen du traité qui réunit le Dauphiné à la France et des négociations qui l’ont précédé et suivi (1349).[2]

In 1866 he was appointed an archivist of the Emperor's archives then at the Archives nationales in the Legislative and Judicial department, where he did much of his career.[1]

In 1893, he was appointed administrator of the manufacture nationale des Gobelins[1]

Throughout his career, he conducted research in art history - sometimes at the expense of its archival activity. In 1866, he established the "Société de l'histoire de l'art français" and in 1872 took over Charles-Philippe de Chennevières-Pointel's Archives de l'art français under the title Nouvelles Archives de l'art français.[1] He was also a member of the Société de l'histoire de Paris (1874), the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (1877), and the Comité des travaux historiques de la Ville de Paris (1879).[1]

He was made an officer of Instruction publique in 1883, chevalier (1884) then officier (1897) of the Légion d'honneur.[1] In 1899, he was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts to seat 7 of the free members section.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Sophie Mouquin, « Jules Guiffrey Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine », Dictionnaire critique des historiens de l'art, INHA
  2. ^ Site de l'Ecole des chartes

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