René Huyghe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

René Huyghe

French art historian

Date of Birth: 03-May-1906

Place of Birth: Arras, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1997

Profession: writer, curator, art historian, philosopher, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

René Huyghe (3 May 1906, Arras – 5 February 1997, Paris) was a French writer on the history, psychology and philosophy of art.
He was also a curator at the Louvre's department of paintings (from 1930), a professor at the Collège de France and from 1960 a member of the Académie française.
He was the father of the writer François-Bernard Huyghe.