Louis Hautecœur

He was with the École française de Rome from then until 1910, during which time he was in charge of excavations in Tunisia, under the aegis of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.

He hlso helped to organize its successor, the Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Palais de Tokyo; serving as its director until 1940.

[1] In July 1940, he was named Directeur Général des Beaux-Arts; replacing Georges Huisman, who was highly critical of the new Vichy government.

[2] Nevertheless, in early 1944, he was removed by order of Hermann Göring, for "refusal to collaborate", and he became director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Etudes.

Later, he served as President of the Comité Français d'Histoire de l'Art (CFHA) and vice-president of the Commission du Vieux Paris [fr].