Full Name: Mus, Paul
Gender: male
Date Born: 1902
Date Died: 1969
Place Died: Murs, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Home Country/ies: France
Subject Area(s): Buddhism, Indian (South Asian), Mahayana, Theravada, and Tibetan Buddhism
Overview
Art historian of Buddhism in India and southeast Asia. Employed sociological method to the topics of colonization of art, especially in Viet Nam. Director of the Ecole Nationale de la France d’Outre-Mer. Beginning in 1946 he was appointed to the College de France and later taught at Yale University.
Sources
The Dictionary of Art 22: 353.