Gilbert Médioni
Gilbert Médioni | |
|---|---|
| Born | Henri Gilbert Lucien Rodolphe Médioni 14 June 1902 |
| Died | 16 May 1994 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse | Marie-Thérèse Pinto |
| Family | Pinto family |
Henri Gilbert Lucien Rodolphe Médioni (14 June 1902 – 16 May 1994), known as Gilbert Médioni, was a French diplomat, physician, Mesoamerican anthropologist and artist.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
[edit]Henri Gilbert Lucien Rodolphe Médioni was born on 14 June 1902 in Constantine, French Algeria (present day, Algeria).[1][2]
Career
[edit]Diplomacy
[edit]Together with Jacques Soustelle, Médioni founded and led the Free French delegation in Mexico City.[2][5]
On 22 September 1943, Médioni was named the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) Minister to Central America[a] and was based in Guatemala.[7][8] In October 1944, Médioni became the Minister for the Provisional Government Minister for Central America.[6] From 5 April 1945 to August 1947 Médioni was the Minister, Special envoy and Plenipotentiary for Central America.[6][9][10]
On 19 May 1946 Médioni became the chargé d'affaires to Venezuela.[6] On 19 October 1953, Médioni became the French ambassador to Liberia.[6]
Anthropology
[edit]In 1941, Médioni and Marie-Thérèse Pinto published Art in Ancient Mexico: Selected and Photographed from the Collection of Diego Rivera, which presented Diego Riveras collection of pre-Columbian sculptures.[11][4] The book is known to have influenced the work of the Chilean sculptors Lily Garafulic, Rosa Vicuña, Teresa Vicuña and Marta Colvin.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Médioni married Marie-Thérèse Pinto, a Chilean sculptor.[3][4]
On 16 May 1994 Médioni died in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, aged 91.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- Médioni, Gilbert; Pinto, Marie-Thérèse (1941). Art in Ancient Mexico: Selected and Photographed from the Collection of Diego Rivera. Oxford: Oxford University Press.[4]
- Médioni, Gilbert (1950). Art maya du Mexique et du Guatemala, Ancien empire (in French). Paris: La Cyme.[5]
- Médioni, Gilbert (1952). L'art Tarasque du Mexique occidental (in French). Paris: Paul Hartmann.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Avis de décès de M. MEDIONI Henri Gilbert Lucien Rodolphe". Décès en France (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 Rolland, Denis (1990). "Puissances: déchéance et ambition". Vichy et la France libre au Mexique (in French). Paris, France: Éditions de l’IHEAL, L’Harmattan. pp. 101–120. ISBN 978-2-37154-021-7. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- 1 2 "María Teresa Pinto". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Serrano, Domiziana (February 2026). "Indigenous art and surrealism: four Chilean sculptors in Paris". Transatlantic Cultures (in French). doi:10.35008/tracs-0319. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- 1 2 Flahutez, Fabrice; Bauchard, Emmanuel (2024). "À propos de la peinture française". Pierre Mabille et le surréalisme: Une anthologie critique (1934-1952) (in French). Paris, France: Hermann. pp. 129–133. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyés extraordinaires, ministres plénipotentiaires et chartres d'affaries de France à l'étranger depuis 1945". Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs de France à l'étranger depuis 1945 (in French). 1. Paris, France: Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Etrangères. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ Racine, Nicole (2007). "Paul Rivet, Vichy et la France libre 1940-1944". Histoire@Politique (in French). 1 (1). Paris: Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po: 8. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ "French Envoy to Central America". The New York Times. New York City, New York. 23 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ "French Envoy at Quatemala [Guatemala]". The New York Times. New York City, New York. 14 July 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ "French Envoy in Costa Rica". The New York Times. New York City, New York. 19 January 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- 1 2 Muñoz, Ernesto (June–August 2015). "Geometric Art in Chile: The Long and Difficult Road to Acceptance". ArtNexus. 97. Bogotá, North Miami, Florida. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
