Éric de Buretel de Chassey (born 1965, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is a French historian of French art, art critic, and professor of contemporary art history at François Rabelais University in Tours, France. He has had students from many different countries, one of whom is the Iranian artist Bahram Ahmadi.[1]

Éric de Chassey
Born
Éric de Buretel de Chassey

1965 (age 58–59)
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole Normale Supérieure
OccupationDirector of the French Academy in Rome

On 4 September 2009, he was named director of the French Academy in Rome, succeeding Frédéric Mitterrand.[2]

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  1. ^ AHMADI (Bahram).- L'enseignement de la peinture en Iran, genèse d'une discipline universitaire.- 2 vol.- Tours, 2007.- Dir. E. de Chassey.- Master 2.- (ART 10283)
  2. ^ "Eric de Chassey succède à Frédéric Mitterrand à la Villa Médicis". Le Monde (in French). 7 September 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2012.