Lucien Golvin

Lucien Camille Golvin (18 July 1905 – 6 July 2002) was a French university professor and specialist in Maghreb art. Beginning his career in Tunisia in 1929, he went on to direct arts and crafts institutions and founded museums in Sfax, Oran, and Constantine. In Algeria, he collaborated with Georges Marçais on archaeological research at Kalâa of Béni Hammad and later became professor of Islamic art and archaeology at the Université d'Aix-Marseille (1962–1977). His career combined museum curation, field research, and academic teaching, shaping the study of Islamic and Maghreb art.

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