Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation
Encyclopedia
History and aim
The Foundation was created shortly after Swiss historian of art Jacques-Edouard Berger’s death by a small group of relatives and friends in 1994, all sharing the same passion for art. Its aim is to edit his entire works through a website called after his name. As a result of both his research and cultural trips, there are more than 100'000 images (mainly slides), as well as recordings of Berger’s successful lectures.Since Berger’s private collection has been placed at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, the actual MUDAC, the Foundation was inaugurated with an exhibition showing a great number of qualitative and original objects , (November, 17, 1995 – January, 2, 1996).
The Foundation’s purpose is to share Jacques-Edouard Berger’s knowledge and vision in art.
Jacques-Edouard Berger (May, 24, 1945 – November, 10, 1993), primarily an egyptologist, was a lecturer in Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland. He also worked as a member of several international committees such as International Council of Museums
International Council of Museums
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or UNESCO
UNESCO
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Main topics
- Cultural trips (Voyages "Pour l'Art")
- Lectures
- Art and Civilization
- Private Collection
Publication
- L'Œil et l'Eternité – Portraits romains d'Egypte, Flammarion ed., Paris, 1977
- El-Fayyum – I Segni dell'Uomo, Franco Maria RicciFranco Maria RicciFranco Maria Ricci is an Italian publisher. Among his publications is FMR, an art magazine published six times yearly in Italian, English, German, French and Spanish, based in Milan, Italy...
, Milan, 1978 - Pierres d'Egypte, Editions pour l'Art, Lausanne, 1987
- Jacques-Edouard Berger, Un regard partagé, Jacques-Edouard Berger Fondation ed., 1995
- P. Germond, Le Monde symbolique des amulettes égyptiennes, Edition des 5 Continents, Milan, 2005 (based upon contents of the Jacques-Edouard Berger's collection)