About Charles Picard
Lived 1883 – 1965 (aged 82). Charles Picard was a French art historian, archaeologist, university teacher, classical scholar and head teacher.
Charles Picard (7 June 1883 – 15 December 1965) was a prominent Classical archaeologist and historian of ancient Greek art. He is best known for his multi-volume, monumental survey, Manuel d'archéologie grecque: La sculpture. Volume I (7-6th centuries BCE), was published in 1935. He completed the second fascicule of Volume IV (4th century BCE) in 1963. Picard was elected member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1932.
His children were the historian Gilbert Charles-Picard and Yvonne Picard, a member of the French Resistance, who was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943.
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Who was Charles Picard?
French art historian (1883-1965)
When was Charles Picard born?
Charles Picard was born on 7 June 1883 in Arnay-le-Duc.
When did Charles Picard die?
Charles Picard died on 15 December 1965 in Paris.
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Charles Picard was an art historian, archaeologist, university teacher, classical scholar and head teacher.
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Charles Picard was French.
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