Daniel Rabreau

About Daniel Rabreau

A student of the Eudists in Redon, then of André Chastel at the Sorbonne, Daniel Rabreau obtained his State doctorate in art history in 1978 on the following subject: The Theater and the Beautification of Cities in France in the Eighteenth Century. A specialist in urban art, architecture, sculpture, and monumental iconography of the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as institutions and artistic exchanges in relation to art theory during the Age of Enlightenment, he taught from 1969 to 1991 at the following universities: Paris-IX Dauphine (assistant to Jean-Louis Taupin at the Institute of Urbanism), Paris-IV Sorbonne, and Bordeaux-III, Michel de Montaigne, where he directed the art history section and created the research center CERCAM (Center for Studies and Research on Classicism in Modern Art). He also taught at the Schools of Architecture of Versailles and Clermont-Ferrand (CEAA Theatrical Architecture and Scenology).

In addition to numerous publications, exhibition realizations, and participation in catalogs (Paris, Nantes, Clermont-Ferrand, Bordeaux, Vicenza, New Orleans), he was a fellow at the Palladio Center in Vicenza, a research and teaching mission officer in Russia and China, participated in conferences or congresses, and delivered lectures both in France and abroad (Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, England, Russia, China, Portugal, Morocco).

President of APAHAU (Association of Professors of Archaeology and Art History of Universities) and director of the journal Histoire de l’art from 1991 to 1994, he has been a member of various scientific or administrative commissions of the Ministries of National Education, Research, and Culture. A member of several associations or learned societies, he is the president and founder (since 1976) of GHAMU (Group History Architecture Urban Mentalities).

Since 1991, he has been a professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he directed the Doctoral Training and DEA in art history for six years and served as deputy director of UFR 03 for three years. He created and directs the Ledoux Center, a reception team for Masters and Doctorates in his discipline. He co-directed until 2006, with Monique Mosser, the professional Master common to Paris 1 and the School of Architecture of Versailles, Historical Gardens, Heritage, and Landscape. He created a publication series for research by young researchers, Les Annales du Centre Ledoux (6 volumes published) and co-directs, with Daniel Roche, professor at the Collège de France, a collection of reduced thesis manuscripts at the Editions du Patrimoine, Time and Space of the Arts (Center of Historical Monuments, Paris).