Birth Name:

Gérard Maurice Régnier

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Oct 20, 1940

Time of Birth:

10:00 PM

Place of Birth:

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Age:

83

Zodiac Sign:

Libra

Astrology Data:

Sun

27°

Lib

17'

Moon

16°

Gem

50'

Asc

1°

Can

7'

MC

29°

Aqu

21'

About Jean Clair

Jean Clair (French: [klɛʁ]) is the nom de plume (pen name) of Gérard Régnier (born 20 October 1940 in Paris, France). Clair is an essayist, a polemicist, an art historian, an art conservator, and a member of the Académie française since May, 2008. He was, for many years, the director of the Picasso Museum in Paris. Among the milestones of his long and productive career is a comprehensive catalog of the works of Balthus. He was also the director of the Venice Biennale in 1995.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• (in French) Jean Clair's Official Website

• (in French) L'Académie française The immortals of the French Academy (L'Académie française)

• Danto, Arthur C., Marcel Duchamp and the End of Taste: A Defense of Contemporary Art, News, Vol. 1 /Issue 3, CASP/ASRL, December 2000.

• Karmel, Pepe, Art View; When Despair Meets Hope, That's Symbolism, The New York Times, Archives, Published: August 27, 1995.

• Vogel, Carol, Change at the Biennale, Inside Art, The New York Times, Archives, Published: May 5, 1995.

• Russell, John, The King of the Cats, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works by Virginie Monnier, by Jean Clair, Gallimard/Abrams, The New York Review of Books, Volume 47, Number 8, May 11, 2000 Issue

• Danto, Arthur C., Beauty and the Beastly, The Nation, edition April 23, 2001. (about the work of Paul McCarthy and Jean Clair’s "disgusting" concept)

• Danto, Arthur C., Vagina Monologue, The Nation, posted on August 23, 2001. (about the "Picasso Érotique" exhibition organized by Jean Clair in Canada)

• Andrin, Muriel, Seduction, Fascination, Medusation, Evil Women as Mythical Hybrids in 1940s Hollywood melodramas. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 2009. (about Jean Clair’s ideas on "medusation")

• Frederik Neirynck, Point & shoot: photography, a child's play?, V. The Decisive Moment (1952). Life & Work; Le Couperet HCB Frederik Neirynck 2004 – 2014. (about the retrospective organized by Jean Claire Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image & the World)

• (in French) "Les derniers jours" (The last days), Éditions Gallimard, octobre 2013). Canal Académie, Les Académies et l’Institut de France sur Internet Les émissions

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Jean Clair: Sun 27 Libra, Moon 16 Gemini, Mercury 21 Scorpio, Venus 15 Virgo, Mars 9 Libra, Jupiter 12 Taurus, Saturn 12 Taurus, Uranus 25 Taurus, Neptune 26 Virgo, Pluto 4 Leo, Asc 1 Cancer, Mc 29 Aquarius, Moon Square Venus, Sun Quincunx Uranus, Sun Trine Ascendant, Sun Trine Midheaven, Mercury Opposition Uranus, Sun Semi Sextile Neptune, Moon Semi Square Pluto, Venus Trine Jupiter, Venus Trine Saturn, Mars Quincunx Jupiter, Mars Quincunx Saturn, Mars Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Jupiter Conjunct Saturn, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Uranus Trine Neptune, Uranus Square Midheaven, Neptune Square Ascendant, Neptune Quincunx Midheaven, Ascendant Trine Midheaven

Categories related to Jean Clair: Living people, Harvard University alumni, October 20 births, French male novelists, Officers of the National Order of Merit (France), Writers from Paris, Pseudonymous writers, 1940 births, French journalists, Members of the Académie Française, French art historians, French essayists, Lycée Henri-IV alumni, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca winners, French male essayists, Lycée Carnot alumni, French novelists, French art curators, Venice Biennale artistic directors

Photo attribution: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, Own work