Brière, Gaston

Date born: 1871

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Date died: 1962

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Curator at the musée de Versailles; gave lessons on the great art collections of the 17th and 18th centuries (in the tradition of Edmond Bonnafé) and at the Ecole du Louvre. His students (though not particularly inspired by him) included Charles Sterling.

He was part of a group of scholars centered around Louis Courajod, including Paul Vitry, Jean-Joseph Marquet de Vasselot, and Raymond Koechlin.

Home Country: France

Sources: Bazin, Germain. Histoire de l'histoire de l'art: de Vasari à nos jours. Paris: Albin Michel, 1986, p. 474.

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Subject's name: Gaston Brière