Éric de Chassey explained

Éric de Chassey
Birthname:Éric de Buretel de Chassey
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education:École Normale Supérieure
Nationality:French
Occupation:Director of the French Academy in Rome

Éric de Buretel de Chassey (born 1965, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is a French historian of French art, art critic, and professor of contemporary art history at François Rabelais University in Tours, France. He has had students from many different countries, one of whom is the Iranian artist Bahram Ahmadi.[1]

On 4 September 2009, he was named director of the French Academy in Rome, succeeding Frédéric Mitterrand.[2]

References

  1. AHMADI (Bahram).- L'enseignement de la peinture en Iran, genèse d'une discipline universitaire.- 2 vol.- Tours, 2007.- Dir. E. de Chassey.- Master 2.- (ART 10283)
  2. News: French. Eric de Chassey succède à Frédéric Mitterrand à la Villa Médicis. Le Monde. 7 September 2009. 10 May 2012.