Gabriel Badea-Päun

Gabriel Badea-Päun (born 20 January 1973), is a French art historian of Romanian descent.

Having trained at the University of Bucharest, in the History Department, he pursued his studies at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) where he wrote his PhD thesis on Antonio de La Gandara (1861–1917), un portraitiste de la Belle Époque. Gabriel Badea-Päun contributed to various art historical publications such as : Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français, Revue de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Nouvelles de l'Estampe, and Revue roumaine de l'histoire de l'art.

Awards and distinctions

 * Prix Second Empire de la Fondation Napoléon, 2010
 * Knight of the Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Royal House of Romania
 * Medalia Regele Mihai I pentru Loialitate, (The Medal for Loyalty King Michael of Roumania), 2010
 * Prize Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaş of the Magazin Istoric Foundation, 2010
 * Prix du Cercle Montherlant-Académie des Beaux-Arts (2008)
 * Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite Culturel roumain (2009) Knight of the Roumanian Cultural Order of Merit