Pont-Aven School: Cradle of the Modern Sensibility

About Adrien GoetzEstelle Guille Des ButtesJean-marie Rouart

Estelle Guille des Buttes obtained her diploma from the Institut National du Patrimoine in Paris and is Chief Curator of Pont-Aven Museum which she has run since 2006 overseeing its extension and restoration. She has organised several exhibitions including Maurice Denis et la Bretagne in 2009 earmarked by the Ministry of Culture as being of national interest and in 2017 La Modernité en Bretagne. Estelle Guille des Buttes is also the author of numerous articles and other publications on the Pont-Aven school. She has been granted the title of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. Adrien Goetz is a member of the Institute (Academy of Fine Arts) a former student of the école Normale Supérieure and holds an agrégation in History and a PhD in the History of Art. At present he teaches History of Art at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. He has a special interest in the art of the nineteenth century. Adrien Goetz also writes novels which are set in an art world or museum context. He is Chief Editor of Grande Galerie. Le Journal du Louvre the museum's official magazine. He writes a column for Le Figaro every Monday titled 'Les Arts'. Jean-Marie Rouart was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine on 9 April 1943 into a family of painters. He is a writer and journalist and published his first novel La Fuite en Pologne in 1974. His novel Avant-guerre won the Prix Renaudot in 1983. His other novels include Le cavalier blessé 1987; La femme de proie 1989; Le voleur de jeunesse 1990; Le goût du malheur 1993; L'invention de l'amour 1997. Jean-Marie Rouart has also pursued a parallel career in journalism firstly at Magazine littéraire then at Le Figaro and Quotidien de Paris where he edited the literary section. Following his period as editor of Figaro littéraire from 1986 to 2003 he started writing for Paris Match.