Michel Laclotte

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Michel Laclotte (born 27 October 1929) is an art historian and museum director,
specialising in 14th and 15th century French painting.
His first role was as "inspecteur des musées" of the province, then as a professor at
the Ecole du Louvre and as head conservator of the paintings department of
the Louvre from 1966. Heavily involved in the "projet Grand Louvre", he was the first to
hold the role of director (formerly known as Conservateur) of the Louvre between 1987
and 1995.
From 1972, he also championed the idea of turning Paris's gare d'Orsay into a museum,
and became its head conservator on its opening in 1986. He took part in the creation of
France's "Institut national d'histoire de l'art" between 1995 and 2000, becoming its next
"vice-président scientifique".