Marie-Madeleine Gauthier
Encyclopedia
Marie-Madeleine Gauthier (25 April 1920 – 20 May 1998) was a French
medieval art historian and author.
Gauthier was born in Langon
, Gironde
, France
in 1920. She studied at the University in Bordeaux
where she became interested in medieval enamel in which she became a world expert. She lived in the USA from 1964-1967. She died in Langon
in 1998.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
medieval art historian and author.
Gauthier was born in Langon
Langon
Langon is the name of several communes in France:* Langon, Gironde, in the Gironde département* Langon, Ille-et-Vilaine, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département* Langon, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loir-et-Cher département...
, Gironde
Gironde
For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1920. She studied at the University in Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
where she became interested in medieval enamel in which she became a world expert. She lived in the USA from 1964-1967. She died in Langon
Langon
Langon is the name of several communes in France:* Langon, Gironde, in the Gironde département* Langon, Ille-et-Vilaine, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département* Langon, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loir-et-Cher département...
in 1998.
Works
- Highways of the Faith - relics and reliquaries from Jerusalem to Compostela, Wellfleet Press, 1983