Alain Jaubert, Art Television Pioneer and Writer, Dies at 84

Alain Jaubert passed away on March 15 at age 84. He was a journalist who co-founded Libération and wrote for Le Nouvel Observateur, developing an early passion for art. For fifteen years, Jaubert produced and hosted the television program 'Palettes' on Arte, where he employed pioneering graphic tools to analyze paintings through investigative methods. His pedagogical approach emphasized close examination of artworks, guided by his motto 'no seeing without knowing.' Jaubert also authored several books, including the 2018 novel 'Sous les pavés...' published by Cohen & Cohen. In 2011, artpress reviewed his novel 'Tableaux noirs' and his Gallimard-published collection 'D'Alice à Frankenstein,' which featured texts on artists from Titien to Gaston Chaissac. Another work, 'Au bord de la mer violette,' was summarized as 'When Conrad meets Rimbaud.' Jaubert's filming at the Louvre in Paris included documentation of Paolo Uccello's 'La Bataille de San Romano' and Jérôme Bosch's 'Nef des fous.' His legacy combines analytical precision with literary quality, making his work urgent to rediscover.