mathieu caron - Centre André Chastel

MATHIEU CARON
♦ English skills.
TOEIC 925 pts, 2014.
♦ German skills.
(Abitur 2009).
♦ Latin.
Academic level.
Ancient Greek,
notions.
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♦ Grant awarded by
the Napoléon
Foundation (Paris).
ACADEMIC CURRICULUM
Collège des Ingénieurs, Paris: MBA - Doctoral Program in partnership
with the Paris-Sorbonne University (2014-2017).
Paris-Sorbonne University: Ph.D Thesis in History of Art. “Legacy and
Taste of Ancien Régime Furniture in the 19 th century” supervised by
Barthélémy Jobert; academic scholarship (2014-2017).
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin: Certificate in Cultural
Diplomacy & International Relations (2014).
HEC Paris: Corporate Strategy and Intellectual Property Law (2014).
Paris-Sorbonne University: MA in Art History.
History “A History of Ancien
Régime Furniture Taste during the Second Empire” supervised by
Barthélémy Jobert, (2012-2014).
École Normale Supérieure de Paris: History Degree (2011-2013).
École du Louvre, Paris: History of Art Degree,
Degree specialized in Architecture,
♦ Award of the
decoration and furniture of French Houses and Palaces (2009-2012).
Concours Général in
Paris-Ouest Nanterre-La Défense University: Bachelor's degree in
the category
History (2009-2012).
“Literature Essay”
(2008).
Scientific Baccalauréat & German Abitur (2009).
♦ Award of the Academical Geoscience
Olympiades (2008).
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
World Monuments Fund France, Paris: volunteer under supervision of
Bertrand du Vignaud, President. Public relations, fundraising and research
on World monumental Heritage: Chancellerie d'Orléans' Program (20142015).
♦ Member of the
International
Council of Museums
University and teaching experiences:
(ICOM).
- Sciences Po, Templin-IEP program: supervisor of 'Contemporary Issues'
♦ Member of the
for the Entrance Examination in Sciences Po training program, 2014-2015.
Société française de - in charge of the library and archives of the Research Centre André Chastel
l'Histoire de l'art
in Art History (Paris-Sorbonne University), 2014.
and of the Furniture
-Junior Lecturer in Parisian “Classes préparatoires”: training for the Ecole
History Society.
Normale Supérieure Examination (History and German), 2012-2014.
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♦ Oboe player.
♦ Sports: tennis and
running.
♦ Hobbies: reading,
music, opera, arts.
♦ Driver Licence.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Heritage Office, Paris: assigned to propose
a model of collections and reserves management. Responsibility of
restorations and furnishing French embassies. Focus on decoration and
furniture of the Ministry Hôtel, Quai d'Orsay (2013 – 2015).
Museums, institutions under supervision of the Ministry of Culture:
Palaces of Versailles and Fontainebleau, Mobilier national (2010-2013).
-experience related to exhibition projects (Marie Leszczynska, Madame
Elisabeth, Francis Ist and Rosso Fiorentino, Furniture etc.): documentary
resources, exhibition catalogues, restorations...
ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES
♦ PhD thesis:
My PhD dissertation deals with the question of reusing furniture (and decoration) of the
17th and 18th centuries from 1800 to 1870, in the context of the French Court. I study
precisely who, when, how and why the French sovereigns, through the action of the GardeMeuble, purchase, collect and use old furniture in the official residences. Establishing
comparisons with other European Courts, my major themes are the early constitution of
public furniture collections in the emergence of a strong market, the political and cultural
issues raised by this behaviour and the birth of a new cultural heritage in 19 th century
devoted to old decoration and furniture in Europe.
Associate member of the 'History of Garde-Meuble in Europe' research program
supervised by the Mobilier national (Paris) and the Centre de recherche du château de
Versailles. As student member of the ICOM,
ICOM I am involved in the activities of the
DEMHIST (Historic Houses-Museums) international committee.
Academic Scholarship awarded by the Paris-Sorbonne University for my PhD research
registered at the André Chastel Centre for History of Art.
♦ Conferences and publications:
“ 'Une loge dans le théâtre du monde'. De la conception de l'intérieur entre immanence et
transposition (1779 – 1848)”, Romantisme, revue du dix-neuvième siècle, forthcoming
paper, June 2015.
“Empress Eugénie's appartements in the Tuileries palace: the influence of 18 th century
decoration and furniture” (Versailles, February, 4-5th 2015), forthcoming paper in Bulletin
du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles.
“Ancien Régime furniture purchased by the French Garde-Meuble in the reign of Napoléon
III”, (Paris, March, 8th 2014), forthcoming paper in Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de
l'Art français.
français
Note (n°88) on the 'Logarithmic tables by Callet' in the exhibition catalogue Madame
Elisabeth (1764-1794), une princesse au destin tragique [Versailles, 2013], Milano, Silvana
Editoriale, 2013, p. 138-139.
♦ Other fields of research:
Research on theory and practice of the “interior” concept and its birth at the end of
the 18th century: romantic literature, philosophy, French theatre, watercolours etc.
Balzac, interiors and furniture. Balzac's taste and its influence in the Comédie Humaine.
Considering Balzac as one of the important “curieux” in the Monarchie de Juillet.
Decorative arts in the 19th century: question of historic styles and socio-cultural
background.
Furniture stamp LB beneath a prince crown,
crown which corresponds to the
property of the princess Louise-Marie-Thérèse-Bathilde d'Orléans, Duchesse
de Bourbon (1751-1822). Legacy of Talleyrand, Prince de Bénévent.
Collections of Renaissance (or neo-Renaissance) furniture constituted in order to
refurnish castles in historical style (Castle of Pau or Palace of Versailles and Loire Valley
castles such as Chambord, Langeais or Azay-le-Rideau).
Decoration and furniture of the Hôtel du Quai d'Orsay, residence of the French Ministry
of Foreign Affairs since 1853. Ministry of Foreign Affairs' heritage.
Art market:
Marc Segoura, antique dealer, Paris).
market research on 19th century furniture (Marc
Paris)