Interview with Pierre Courthion and related papers, 1940-1941.

Carrière, Eugène, 1849-1906

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French artist. From the description of Letters, 1890-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78907348 ...

Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954

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Matisse was born in 1869 to generations of weavers in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, a northern French town whose woolen mills constituted the main industry. He was raised in nearby Bohain, famous for its luxury fabrics. This early exposure to textiles would shape his visual language: examples from his own collection of carpets and cloths from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East would deeply inform his sense of color and pattern and appear in his compositions. Taking up painting after first studyin...

Moreau, Gustave, 1826-1898

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The French painter, draftsman and illustrator Gustave Moreau was also a professor at the Ecole des Beaux-arts, after becoming a member of the Institut de France in 1888. His teaching gave a new orientation to 19th century French art. From the description of Letters sent, ca. 1884-1885. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78011731 ...

Ballets russes

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The Ballets russes, founded by Serge Diaghilev in Paris in 1909, toured Spain and Portugal in 1917-1918, performing in Lisbon in December, 1918. From the description of Payroll for Ballets russes performances in Portugal, 1918 Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162736 From the description of Payroll for Ballets russes performances in Portugal, 1918 Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82981905 ...

Courthion, Pierre

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French art critic and historian. Student at the Universite de Geneve; Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; and Ecole du Louvre. From 1933 to 1939 he was Director of the Cite Universitaire de Paris. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1950-1980. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84279552 Pierre Courthion (1902-1988) was a prominent Swiss-born art critic and historian. Courthion's major projects focused on the history of American, French and European art includin...

Marquet, Albert, 1875-1947

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Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917

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Rodin was a French artist most noted for his work as a sculptor. Delaunay was a French painter. From the description of [Notes] / Rodin. [between 1880 and 1917?] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191101211 French sculptor. From the description of Letters, 1882-1916. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84214109 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Davis, 1903 Dec. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Sembat, Marcel, 1862-1922

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Marcel Sembat est né le 19 octobre 1862, à Bonnières-sur-Seine (alors commune de la Seine-et-Oise, aujourd'hui Yvelines), au sein d’une famille de la moyenne bourgeoisie, implantée dans cette région depuis plusieurs générations. Son père, Louis Adolphe Sembat (1826-1874) était directeur-receveur des Postes à Bonnières, dont il fut également conseiller municipal et commandant des sapeurs-pompiers. Sa mère, Marie Joséphine Boucher (1832-1905), sans profession, était la fille de Frédér...

Rouault, Georges, 1871-1958

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French artist. From the description of Calling card of Georges Rouault signed by Isabelle Rouault : [postmark: Cannes], to John Rewald, [1955 Jan. 24]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873019 Georges Rouault was a French painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He was also a book illustrator, made sets and costumes for Diaghilev's ballet The prodigal son, designed cartoons for stained glass and tapestries, and published texts and poems in various reviews. From the d...

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906

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French artist. From the description of Autograph letter (incomplete at end and lacking signature) : [Paris], to his parents, [1876 Sept. 10]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870505 ...

Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919

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French painter. From the description of Letters, 1882-1919. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 146000012 From the description of Autograph postal card signed : [postmark: Paris], to Monsieur Wyzewa, [1897 Dec. 22]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872160 ...

Jambon, Marcel, 1848-1908

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