Rouquette studied at
Aix-Marseille University, where he was a student under
Georges Duby and
Jean-Rémy Palanque. He was particularly interested in
paleochristian and Romanesque Provence studies. He was the curator of Musées et Monuments d’Arles from 1956 to 1996. Rouquette served as president of the
Museon Arlaten Autonomous Committee, president of the Académie d'Arles, and designer and chief curator of Musée de l'Arles et de la Provence antiques. He also co-founded the
Rencontres d'Arles and the
Parc naturel régional de Camargue. Rouquette was a member of the Conseil économique, social et environnemental régional - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (CESER) and was on the Tourism Committee. ==Works==