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Georges Poisson (27 November 1924 – 14 May 2022) was a French art historian.
Poisson was born in Düsseldorf on 27 November 1924. A nephew of demographer Alfred Sauvy, and journalist Titaÿna, Georges Poisson was the son of journalist Claude Salvy (Marie-Madeleine Sauvy).
A curator of the musée de l'Île-de-France at château de Sceaux from 1948, Georges Poisson developed there the collections, created a documentation center, an educational service, organized exhibitions and concerts. At the same time, he carried out reorganization missions to the museums of Meudon (where the organization of the rooms was rethought,), Courbevoie, Dourdan, Blaye, etc. He was the initiator of the gift of bibliophile André Desguines's library to the department of Hauts-de-Seine.
A defender of monuments and sites, he led many successful campaigns: rescue, with Alain Decaux, of the château de Monte-Cristo, restoration of the Great Perspective of Meudon, decisive actions at Chateaubriand's home in the Vallée-aux-Loups (Châtenay-Malabry) and in that of Émile Zola in Médan.
Poisson died on 14 May 2022, at the age of 97.
Publications
Honours and titles
Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Great medal of art history of the Académie d'architecture
honoris causa doctor of Sōka University at Tokyo
Honorary President, co-founder of the Société Saint-Simon
References
External links
Hommage à Michel Fleury, historien et archéologue à Paris, 5 August 2012, at église Saint-Germain de Loisé.
Jean-François Suzanne, Hommage à Michel Fleury : une journée émouvante Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine, sur le site des Amis du Perche, avec le partenariat de la ville de Mortagne-au-Perche et de l'association de sauvegarde de l'église de Loisé
Interview de Georges Poisson à propos des maisons d'écrivains on linternaute.com