Background

D'Argencé, René-Yvon Marie Marc Lefebvre was born on August 21, 1928 in Plouescat, France. Came to United States, 1962.

Education

Licencié-ès-Lettres, Sorbonne, Paris, 1952. Breveté, de l'Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes, Paris. Breveté de Chinese, 1950.

Breveté de Japanese, 1951. Breveté de Finnish, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Chinese Academy, Taiwan, 1969.

Career

Curator Musée Cernuschi, Paris, 1953, Blanchard de la Brosse Museum, Saigon, 1954-1958, Louis Finot Museum, Hanoi, N. Vietnam, 1954-1958. Professor art history University California, Berkeley, 1962-1965. Curator Asiatic collections M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1964.

Director Avery Brundage Foundation, 1965-1968. Director, chief curator Asian Art Museum, 1969-1985. Writer, cataloguer Avery Brundage Collection, since 1985.

President French-American International School, San Francisco, 1975-1979, former acting director. Founder, board directors Ecole Française, San Francisco, since 1967. Board directors Alliance Française, San Francisco, 1974-1977, Asian Art Foundation, San Francisco, 1978-1985, Institute Sino-American Studies, since 1981.

Achievements

• René-Yvon Marie Marc Lefebvre Doctorate"Argencé has been listed as a noteworthy director by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art: A Selection of 131 Chinese Ancient Bronzes, Sculptures, Ceramics and Korean Celadons

    (The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art: A Selection o...)

  • 5,000 YEARS OF KOREAN ART: An exhibition organized by the National Museum of Korea for museums in the United States.
  • Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection by D'Argence, Rene-Yvon Lefebvre (1977) Paperback
  • Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection by Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence (1977-06-01) Paperback
  • Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco)
  • Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection
  • CHANG DAI-CHIEN: A Retrospective Exhibition. Illustrating a selection of fifty-four works painted by the master from 1928 to 1970. By René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé.

Membership

Board directors Osaka-San Francisco, Seoul-San Francisco and Shanghai-San Francisco sister city committees. Member Sociedad Asiatica de la Argentina, Society Asian Art (advisory committee since 1972).

Connections

Son of Marc and André (Thierry) L. d'A. Married Ritva Pelanne, November 2, 1955. Children– Chantal, Yann, Luc.

Father:

Marc L.

Mother:

André (Thierry) L.

Spouse:

Ritva Pelanne

child:

Luc d'Argencé

child:

Chantal d'Argencé

child:

Yann d'Argencé