de Chassey, Eric

Born in Pittsburgh, Eric de Chassey has been a professor of art history at the Universite Francois-Rabelais di Tours since 1999 and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France since 2004. He has published books, essays, and catalogs on art from the Twentieth and Twenty-first century, in particular on abstraction, Matisse, American art and photography. In addition he has curated numerous shows in France and abroad. Mr. de Chassey was nominated as the director of the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici, September 7, 2009