Philippe Roberts-Jones

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Belgian poet, curator, university professor, historian of modern age and art critic (1924-2016)

WritersLived 1924 to 2016 · aged 91

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Baron Philippe Roberts-Jones was a Belgian art historian who was the head of conservation of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

Awards 11

2002Louis Guillaume Prize

1991Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland

1985Grand Prix de Poésie

1980Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises

Commander of the Legion of Honour

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown

Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold

Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Volunteer's Medal 1940-1945

Connected to Philippe 6

Déborah HeisslerAlso won Louis Guillaume Prize

Eddy BlondeelAlso won Volunteer's Medal 1940-1945 Eugène JungersAlso won Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold

Hjalmar ProcopéAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown

Anthony PhelpsAlso won Grand Prix de Poésie

José Maria de Sousa Horta e CostaAlso won Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

About this person

Baron Philippe Roberts-Jones was a Belgian art historian who was the head of conservation of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. A member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, of which he was president in 1980, he was also a member of the Free Academy of Belgium and a professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles. He was also a published poet.