Jacques Giès (10 January 1950 – 11 April 2021) was a French sinologist and art historian.[1] He served as President of theGuimet Museum from 2008 to 2011.
Giès studied design, painting, and engraving at theAcadémie de la Grande Chaumière starting at the age of 13. From 1972 to 1975, he studied at theBeaux Arts de Paris.[2] He earned a doctoral degree in art history fromParis-Sorbonne University, concentrating on the Chinese language and civilization. He taught at Paris-Sorbonne University from 1974 to 1998 and subsequently at theÉcole du Louvre from 1998 to 2008. In 1980, he became a conservator of Chinese and Central Asian art at the Guimet Museum.[3]
From October 1995 to February 1996, Giès helped to organize an exhibition ofSerindian art at theGrand Palais.[4][5] He became President of the Guimet Museum in 2008. In 2009, he travelled toHong Kong in search of contemporary Chinese artists to exhibit at the museum.[6] He believed that Asian art did not change drastically from its ancient history to its contemporary styles, which preserved much of its beauty.
Jacques Giès died inRouen on 11 April 2021 at the age of 71.[7]
Sérinde, terre de Bouddha : Dix siècles d'art sur la route de la soie, [exposition], Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 24 octobre 1995-19 février 1996 (1995)
Les Arts de l’Asie Centrale. La collection Pelliot au Musée Guimet (1996)
Sérinde, Terre de Bouddha. Dix siècles d'art sur la Route de la Soie (1996)
Trésors du Musée National du Palais, Taipei : Mémoire d’Empire (1998)
La Sérinde, terre d'échanges (2000)
WithReza, Laure Feugère and André Coutin,Le pinceau de Bouddha (2002)
Painted Buddhas of Xinjiang, translated by Ian West (2002)
^Cohen, Monique; Giès, Jacques (1995).Sérinde, terre de Bouddha : Dix siècles d'art sur la route de la soie, [exposition], Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 24 octobre 1995-19 février 1996 (in French). Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux.ISBN978-2-7118-3068-8.
