Georges Poisson

Georges Poisson (27 November 1924 – 14 May 2022) was a French art historian.

A curator of the musée de l'Île-de-France [fr] at château de Sceaux from 1948, Georges Poisson developed there the collections, created a documentation center, an educational service, organized exhibitions and concerts.

[1] At the same time, he carried out reorganization missions to the museums of Meudon (where the organization of the rooms was rethought,[2]), Courbevoie, Dourdan, Blaye, etc.

He was the initiator of the gift of bibliophile André Desguines's library to the department of Hauts-de-Seine.

[3] 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 [fr] (Châtenay-Malabry) and in that of Émile Zola in Médan.