About Arsène Alexandre
Lived 1859 – 1937 (aged 78). Arsène Alexandre was a French journalist, art historian, art collector and art critic.
Arsène Alexandre (16 August 1859 – 1 October 1937) was a French art critic.
He was a contributor to L'Événement, Le Paris and L'Éclair and in 1894 was one of the founders of the satirical journal Le Rire, becoming its artistic director. He was later art critic for Le Figaro. Alexandre and Félix Fénéon were the first to use the term 'pointillism', in 1886, and Alexandre alone coined the term 'the Rouen School', in 1902 in a catalogue to an exhibition of the work of Joseph Delattre at the galerie Durand-Ruel à Paris. He also wrote several articles for Le Théâtre, notably 'Le Théâtre au Salon' in June 1898 and several theatre reviews.
He was Inspecteur Général des Musées during the First World War.
Works
Honoré Daumier, l'homme et l'œuvre, H. Laurens, Paris, 1888 Oeuvre d'Alphonse de Neuville, A. Lahure, 1889 A. L. Barye, Librairie de l'Art, 1889 Histoire de l'art décoratif du XVIe siècle à nos jours, H. Laurens, 1892 L'Art du rire et de la caricature, Librairie-imprimerie réuies, 1892 La Sœur de Pierrot, novel, illustrations de A. Willette, Librairie Delagrave, 1893 Histoire populaire de la peinture, H. Laurens, 1895 Jean Carriès, imagier et potier: étude d'une œuvre et d'une vie, Librairies-imprimeries réunies, Paris, 1895 Le Balzac de Rodin, H. Floury Éditeur, Paris, 1898 A. F. Cals ou le bonheur de peindre, G. Petit, 1900 Les Reines de l'aiguille: modistes et couturières, étude parisienne, T. Belin, 1902 Ignacio Zuloaga, Manzi-Joyant, 1903 La maison de Victor Hugo. Editions Hachette, 1903 Auguste Rodin, Manzi-Joyant, 1904 Donatello, H. Laurens, Paris, 1904 Jean-François Raffaelli, peintre, graveur et sculpteur, H. Floury, Paris, 1909 La Collection Henri Rouart, Goupil & Cie, Imprimeurs-éditeurs. Limited edition, 1912 L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst, M. de Brunoff, Paris, 1913 Vladimir de Terlikowski Peintre, éditions Alcan, Paris, 1927 Louise C. Breslau, Rieder, Paris, 1928 Botticelli, Rieder, Paris, 1929 Frank Boggs, Le Goupy, Paris, 1929 Paul Gauguin : sa vie et le sens de son œuvre, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1930 Emile Friant et son oeuvre, Etablissement Braun & Cie, Mulhouse-Dornach (Haut-Rhin), no date (1931?), 48 p., 62 pl. Vermeer et l'école de Delft, 1933 La Vie et l'Œuvre de Charles Pinet, graveur (1867–1932), Protat frères, Mâcon, 1934 Les Années de captivité de Beethoven (1819–1827), F. Alcan, Paris, 1936
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French art critic (1859-1937)
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Arsène Alexandre was born on 16 August 1859 in former 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
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Arsène Alexandre died on 1 October 1937 in Brain-sur-Allonnes.
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Arsène Alexandre was a journalist, art historian, art collector and art critic.
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