René Huyghe

René Huyghe
Huyghe (Erasmus Prize, 1966)
Born(1906-05-03)3 May 1906
Died5 February 1997(1997-02-05) (aged 90)
EducationLycée Michelet
Alma materUniversity of Paris
École du Louvre
Occupation(s)Writer
Philosopher
Known forMember of the Académie Française
SpouseLydie Bouthet
ChildrenFrançois-Bernard Huyghe

René Huyghe (3 May 1906 Arras, France – 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 director of the Musée Jacquemart-André, and, beginning in 1960 a member of the Académie Française. He was the father of the writer François-Bernard Huyghe.