Paul-André Lemoisne

Paul-André Lemoisne (7 February 1875, Paris - 19 June 1964, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French art historian, librarian, and member of the Institut de France.

Biography His father was a doctor. He became a student at the École Nationale des Chartes and, in 1901, was awarded a diploma as an archivist-paleographer, for his thesis on François de Vendôme.

Upon leaving the school, he took a position in the of the Bibliothèque Nationale. In 1904, he was an assistant to his former teacher, Henri Bouchot, for an exhibition at the Pavillon de Marsan. In 1907, he was named a member of the French Art Committee.

He met his future wife, Suzanne, the granddaughter of illustrator Paul Gavarni, at a gallery showing by Henri Rouart.

In 1945, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he took Seat #4 in the "Unattached" section; succeeding the Vicomte de Castelnau. His best known publication is a catalogue raisonné of the works of Edgar Degas, in four volumes (1942-1949).