Olivier bernier biography

Historian Olivier Bernier, an American-born son of French parents, was educated at Harvard University, New York University, and in Paris.
Olivier Bernier was born in the United States of French parents.
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Olivier Bernier

Olivier Bernier was born in the United States of French parents. He lived in Paris from 1945 to 1958 and received his baccalaureate degree there.

In 1962, Mr. Bernier received his B.A. from Harvard College. After a two year stay in Paris during which he translated several books, Mr. Bernier returned to the United States where he attended the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, completing his work for a master’s degree in 1966. After being director of exhibitions at the Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, he became a private art dealer in 1968.

In 1977, Mr. Bernier left that profession to become a historian. Since then, he has written Pleasure and Privilege, Life in France, Naples and the United States, 1770 1790 (Doubleday, 1980); Art and Craft, a novel (Seaview Books, 1980); The Eighteenth Century Woman (Doubleday and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982); Lafayette, Hero of Two Worlds (Dutton, 1983); Louis The Beloved, The Life of Louis XV (Doubleday, 1984), Secrets of Marie Antoinette (Doubleday, 1985), also published in paperback and Louis XIV,

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Books by Olivier Bernier

Carl Jung: Psiquiatra pionero, artesano del alma
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4.19 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions

Louis XIV
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4.04 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions

The Eighteenth Century Woman
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3.64 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions

Lafayette
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4.08 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions

The World in 1800
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3.93 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions

Louis XV
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4.13 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions

Pleasure and Privilege: Life in France, Naples, and America, 1770-1790
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3.76 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions

Marie Antoinette
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3.67 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions

Artists' Wives
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3.59 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1866 — 125 editions

Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood: France