Background
Marcel Aubert was the son of an architect who died when he was only seven years old.
historian art historian university professor
Marcel Aubert was the son of an architect who died when he was only seven years old.
Lycée Condorcet; École Nationale des Chartes.
He was named attache to the printing department of the National Library in 1909, and then assistant librarian in the prints department in 1911. He retained this post until 1919 (with three years" captivity in Germany). In 1920, Aubert moved into the world of museums, taking a position at the Louvre as assistant to Paul Vitry in the department of Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern Sculpture.
He succeeded Vitry as chief curator in 1940 and was soon named senior curator of the National Museums, a post that he occupied until his retirement in 1955, as well as being curator of the Musée Rodin and the Institut de France"s Musée Condé in the Chateau de Chantilly.
In tandem with his career as a curator, Aubert taught throughout his working life. He succeeded to Eugène Lefèvre-Pontalis" chair of Medieval Archaeology at the École des Chartes in 1924, where he taught for nearly 30 years.
Aubert worked mostly in the field of medieval architecture, but he was also interested in sculpture. He is also considered one of the fathers of the history of stained glass.
He showed that not only is architectural evolution a consequence of the tastes of the time, but also of the mastery of techniques.
Aubert was elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres (Academy of Humanities) in 1934.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.