Eleanor P. DeLorme

Background

Eleanor DeLorme was born on October 8, 1922, in the United States. She is the daughter of O. L. and Eleanor (Horton) Pearson.

Education

Eleanor received a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College in 1978 and a Master of Arts from Harvard University in 1980.

Career

Eleanor P. DeLorme started her career as a lecturer at Wellesley College. Then she became a senior lecturer in art. Since 1984 Eleanor is an adjunct curator for the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College.

Her particular area of expertise is the history of the decorative arts in France, including gardens, the subject of her book Garden Pavilions, and the Eighteenth-Century French Court. She has also contributed numerous journal articles on art history, and in 2002, Abrams published her biography of the French empress Joséphine.

Garden Pavilions and the Eighteenth-Century French Court offers extended commentary on the ornamental garden architecture prevalent in France in the era before the Revolution of 1789. Among the works studied in the volume are temples, grottoes, pavilions, and hunting lodges erected at Vaux-le-Vicomte, Versailles, Louveciennes, and other noble sites. A final chapter in the study examines the influence of French garden architecture on similar buildings in the United States.

In her second book, DeLorme traces the life of Joséphine de Beauharnais, using such sources as the memoirs of her two children and her correspondence with Napoléon Bonaparte. Drawing on her background as a historian, DeLorme discusses Joséphine's important role as a patron of the arts during the age of Napoléon, collecting works and influencing standards of style and design.

Achievements

• Eleanor P. DeLorme is an outstanding and prolific educator and author specializing in art history. The Eleanor P. DeLorme Museum Internship is named in Eleanor's honor.

Works

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  • Garden Pavilions and the 18th Century Court

    (A unique study, linking social history with architecture ...)

    1996
  • Josephine: Napoleon's Incomparable Empress

    (An anecdotal, illustrated biography of NapolTon Bonaparte...)

    2002

Membership

DeLorme is a member of the International Napoleonic Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Harvard Club of New York City.

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  Harvard Club of New York City , United States

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  International Napoleonic Society

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  Phi Beta Kappa , United States

Interests

• Reading, writing, travel, restoration of family properties in France, visiting museums, galleries, and private collections

Connections

Eleanor is married to Thomas L. DeLorme. The couple has three children: Thomas L., Charles Pearson, R. Stuart.

Father:

O. L. Pearson

Mother:

Eleanor (Horton) Pearson

husband:

Thomas L. DeLorme

Son:

Thomas L. DeLorme

Son:

Charles Pearson DeLorme

Son:

R. Stuart DeLorme