Jean-Michel Palmier was Professor of Aesthetics at Universit� Paris I, specializing in German artistic movements of the 1920s and 30s. He is the author of, among other works, L'Expressionnisme et les arts and Retour � Berlin. Weimar in Exile was awarded the Prix Eug�ne Piccard for a work of modern history by the Acad�mie Fran�aise.