Eugène Piot
Illustration — Piot by Benito R. de Monfort (1851). Eugène Piot (11 November 1812 - 17 January 1890) was a French journalist, art critic, art collector and photographer. His pen name was Nemo.
Eugène Piot

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- Full name
- Jean Baptiste Piot.
- Born
- 1812 · Paris.
- Died
- 1890 · 8th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- journalist · photographer · art historian · art collector · classical scholar
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Piot by Benito R. de Monfort (1851). Eugène Piot (11 November 1812 - 17 January 1890) was a French journalist, art critic, art collector and photographer. His pen name was Nemo.
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Piot was born in Paris.
The recorded working language is French. Residence is recorded at rue de Courcelles and Rue Saint-Fiacre. Work by Eugène Piot is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and J. Paul Getty Museum.
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rue de Courcelles and Rue Saint-Fiacre
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- 1.« Colocs au Louvre » par Frédérique Fanchette, in Libération, 27 juillet 2011.
- 2.Livraisons 1842-1863, en ligne sur Gallica.
- 3.« Art et Curiosité : un précurseur » par C. Yriarte, in Supplément du Figaro, février 1890.
- 4.Séance publique annuelle, du 31 octobre 1903..
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