Full Name: Lamy-Lassalle, Colette Marie Eugenie
Other Names:
- Colette Lassalle
- Colette Lamy
- Colette Lamy-Lassalle
- Madame Maurice Lamy-Lassalle
- Colette Eugenie Lassalle
Gender: female
Date Born: 22 June 1906
Date Died: 07 January 2001
Place Born: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Place Died: Meudon, Île-de-France, France
Home Country/ies: France
Subject Area(s): architecture (object genre), French (culture or style), Medieval (European), and sculpture (visual works)
Overview
Specialist of engraved medieval objects; architecture of the High Middle Ages in France art historian. Colette Lassalle was born to Branche Berthe Thuillier and Lucien Lassalle in Paris, France suburb. The fourth of five children, Lamy-Lasalle attended secondary school at the Lycée Molière before marrying Maurice Lamy (1895-1975), a physician, in 1928. Lamy-Lasalle later graduated from L’École du Louvre with a degree in literature and the Art and Archeology Institute. She was a student of Henri Focillon, Jean Hubert, André Grabar at the Sorbonne when Grabar encouraged her to study pilgrimage brooches. Bought on journeys to sanctuaries from the 12th to 16th century, these engraved brooches were made from lead and represented different saints and other images. Following Grabar’s advice, Lamy-Lasalle indexed brooches discovered in Rouen and kept at the Musée des Antiquités or the Louvre, later generating a brooch catalog for the Musée des Arts Décoratif de Lyon.
Lamy-Lasalle continued her art history career through adding scholarly archeological and historical notices to publications by Jean Hubert (1902-1994). A medievalist, Lamy-Lassalle wrote on ancient Parisian churches before the 10th century like Saint Etienne des Grès, Saint Séverin, and Saint-Victor as well as writing monographs about Parisian hotels and houses. In 1978, she successfully led preservation efforts for La Chapelle de catéchistes de Sainte Clotilde and saved the church from destruction.
Lamy-Lassalle was a member of La Montagne Sainte-Geneviève et ses abords, la Société des antiquaires de Picardie, la Société historique du VIe arrondissement de Paris, and la Société d’histoire et d’archéologie du VIIe arrondissement de Paris. She joined la Société d’histoire et d’archéologie du VIe arrondissement de Paris in 1961, presenting a lecture on La Comtesse de Verrue (1670-1736) in 1977. Lamy-Lassalle joined la Société d’histoire et d’archéologie du VIIe arrondissement de Paris in 1934. In 1950, she became an administrator; in 1966, she was named the Vice President, and from 1979 until 1986 she was the president. La Société d’histoire et d’archéologie du VIIe arrondissement de Paris named her a president of honor after her tenure.
During her career, Lamy-Lassalle worked with artist Jacques Godard (1908-1974) and geographer Philippe Pinchemel (1923-2008) and mentored Denis Bruna, the curator of textile and fashion collections at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
Selected Bibliography
- Jean Lenfant, graveur Abbevillois. Amiens: Yvert & Cie, 1938;
- and Pinchemel, Philippe, and Jacques Godard. Visages de la Picardie. Paris: Horizons de France, 1949;
- La Première monographie de Castelseprio [Santa-Maria]. Paris: Gazette des beaux-arts, 1950;
- and Vieillard-Troïekouroff, May; Denise Fossard, and Élisabeth Chatel. Les églises suburbaines de Paris du IVe au Xe siècle. Paris: [s.n.], 1961;
- Saint-Martin de Triel. Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1964;
- “Les archanges en costume impérial dans la peinture murale italienne”. Synthronon / Recueil D’études Par André Grabar Et Un Groupe De Ses Disciples. 189-198, 1968;
- “Enseignes de pèlerinage à miroirs”. Bulletin De La Société Nationale Des Antiquaires De France / Société Nationale Des Antiquaires De France. 45-47, 1973;
- Gournay, Brigitte, and Diane Baude. Vie et histoire du VIIe Arrondissement: Saint-Thomas d’Aquin, Invalides, Ecole militaire, Gros Caillou : histoire, anecdotes, curiosités, monuments, musées. Paris: Hervas, 1986;
- Bruno Pons, and Anne Forray-Carlier. La Rue du Bac: Faubourg Saint-Germain : études offertes à Colette Lamy-Lassalle. [Paris]: Délégation à l’action artistique de la ville de Paris, 1990;
- Pons, Bruno, Michel Borjon, and Béatrice de Andia. Le Quai Voltaire: le Faubourg Saint-Germain : études offertes à Colette Lamy-Lassalle. [Paris]: Délégation à l’action artistique de la ville de Paris, 1990;
- 1990. “Enseignes de pèlerinage de saint Léonard”. Bulletin De La Société Nationale Des Antiquaires De France / Société Nationale Des Antiquaires De France. 157-166;
- Les enseignes de pèlerinage du Mont-Saint-Michel. [Paris]: [P. Lethielleux], 1993.
Sources
- Thommes, Alexandre, ed. “Lassalle Ép. Lamy Colette Marie Eugénie.” CTHS. Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, January 28, 2015. https://cths.fr/an/savant.php?id=120871;
- “Colette Lamy-Lassalle (1906-2001).” data.bnf.fr. Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16200974c;
- “LASSALLE Colette Marie Eugenie.” matchID. https://deces.matchid.io/id/_eivKx9IZsPt;
- “Colette Lamy.” Le Trait d’Union 20 (January 2001). http://alfredandco.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20-TRAIT-D-UNION.pdf, [entire editorial];
- “Colette Lamy-Lassalle.” Le Trait D’Union 21 (April, May, June 2001). http://alfredandco.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/21-TRAIT-D-UNION.pdf, [entire editorial].
Contributors: Eleanor Ross