Léonce Bénédite, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Léonce Bénédite

French art historian and curator

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1859

Place of Birth: Nîmes, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 12-May-1925

Profession: curator, art historian, art critic

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Léonce Bénédite (14 January 1859 – 12 May 1925) was a French art historian and curator.
He was a co-founder of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français (Society for French Orienalist Painters) and was instrumental in establishing Orientalist art as a legitimate genre. He was the assistant curator at the Chateau de Versailles between 1882 and 1886; the assistant curator at the Chateau de Versailles between 1886; and from 1886 he was the first assistant director at Étienne Arago at the Musée du Luxembourg until 1892 when he became the Director.
For Bénédite, writing was inseparable from his function as curator.
He was a prolific writer, contributing to books, catalogs and art journals. Bénédite was one of the executors of Auguste Rodin's will, with responsibility for managing Rodin's artistic heritage.
He was a key figure in establishing the Rodin Museum at the Hôtel Biron in 1919 and became the Museum's first Curator.



Alternative names	Amélie Julian; Mme Amelie Beaury-Saurel; Amelie Beaury-Saurel; Amelie Julian
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	19 December 1848	30 May 1924
Location of birth/death	Barcelona	17th arrondissement of Paris
Authority control	: Q460344 VIAF: 19953054 ISNI: 0000 0000 6636 1723 ULAN: 500034646 LCCN: nr94021826 BNF: 14969253t WorldCat