Letters sent to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1922-1939.

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Letters sent to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1922-1939.

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Collection consists of letters from French critics and writers addressed primarily to Georges Wildenstein and Pierre d'Espezel in their capacity as editors of the Gazette des beaux-arts. The bulk of the letters date from the 1930s and concern articles appearing in the journal and exhibitions held under its auspices. Correspondents include Frantz Jourdain (1922), Louis Vauxcelles (n.d.), Paul Jamot (1929-1939), Raymond Escholier (1929-1933), Henri Focillon (1932-1933), Felix Feneon (1929-1934), Arsene Alexandre (1932), Andre Salmon (1934) and Ambroise Vollard (1936). Collection also includes two earlier letters, one from Champfleury (1880). Arranged in chronological order.

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Fénéon, Félix, 1861-1944

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Fénéon was a French art critic, author and editor. He founded the Revue indépendante in 1884, was the director of Revue blanche from 1895 to 1904, and later became an art dealer. From the description of Letters to Alexandre Natanson, 1906. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79164914 French art critic. From the description of Les impressionnistes en 1886 : collection of articles written for the periodical Vogue : Paris : proofs with extensive autog...

Focillon, Henri, 1881-1943

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A French art historian who taught in Europe and the United States, Focillon was an authority on the art of the Middle Ages, particularly the Romanesque period. From the description of Henri Focillon letter, 1923 Jan. 4. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70831318 ...

Alexandre, Arséne, 1859-1937

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Escholier, Raymond, 1882-1971

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Espezel, Pierre d', 1893-

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Vollard, Ambroise, 1867-1939

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Champfleury, 1821-1889

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Champfleury (pseudonym for Jules François Félix Husson-Fleury) was a self-educated critic and art historian, as well as a prolific author of fiction. He was the first to acknowledge the esthetic term of "realism", and also a pioneer in the history of caricature and popular prints. In 1872 he was nominated curator of the Sèvres museum for life. From the description of Champfleury papers, 1857-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83372113 Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson ...

Jamot, Paul, 1863-1939

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Salmon, André, 1881-1969

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French poet, novelist and art critic. From the description of Letters sent, 1918-1935, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83749600 From the description of Critique des critiques--Dadaïsme, ca. 1919. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81478926 ...

Vauxcelles, Louis, 1870-1924.

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Jourdain, Frantz, 1847-1935

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Wildenstein, Georges.

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