Baán receives the Legion of Honour
Photo: Gellért Áment

Eric Fournier, French Ambassador to Hungary has decorated Baán Knight of the Legion of Honour on Wednesday, the museum’s statement said.

The museums under his direction have exhibited in the most prestigious Paris venues during the past four years, the statement said. The Musée d’Orsay, the Musée du Louvre and the Musée du Luxembourg all hosted Hungarian shows.

In Hungary, extensive shows of the works of Picasso, Chagall, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cézanne, Daumier and Mureau brought the French culture closer to Hungarians.

Baán also promoted exhibitions of Hungarian artists who have worked and lived in France, such as Sándor Hollán, Márta Pán or Endre Rozsda, the statement said.