Louis Gillet

1876–1943 (age 67)

art historian

Biography

Louis Gillet, a devoted art historian, illuminated the lives of painters and sculptors through eloquent writing that encouraged wider appreciation of French and European art.

He continued to shape cultural conversations until his final days, leaving scholars and admirers to pay tribute to him at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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