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[[File:Aurier, Albert, BNF Gallica.jpg|thumbnail|right|Albert Aurier]]
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[[File:Albert Aurier by Vallotton.jpg|thumb|Albert Aurier, posthumous portrait by [[Félix Vallotton]]]]'''G. Albert Aurier''' (5 May 1865 – 5 October 1892) was a [[French people|French]] [[poet]], [[art critic]] and [[Painting|painter]], devoted to [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]].
| name = Albert Aurier
| birth_name = Gabriel-Albert Aurier
| birth_date = {{birth date|1865|05|05|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Châteauroux]], [[Indre]], [[France]]
| image = Aurier, Albert, BNF Gallica.jpg
| caption = Aurier, c. 1890.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1892|10|05|1865|05|05|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Paris]], [[France]]
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'''Gabriel-Albert Aurier''' (5 May 1865 – 5 October 1892) was a [[French people|French]] [[poet]], [[art critic]] and [[Painting|painter]], associated with the [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolist]] movement.


==Career==
==Career==
Son of a notary born in [[Châteauroux]], [[Indre]], Aurier went to [[Paris]] in 1883 to study law, but soon his attention was drawn to art and literature, and he began to contribute to Symbolist periodicals. He reviewed the annual Salon in Le Décadent, later he contributed to La Plume, in 1889 to Le Moderniste, and from its foundation in 1890, to the [[Mercure de France]]. There the essays were published, on which Aurier's fame as well as the fame of the artists discussed is founded: "Les Isolés: [[Vincent van Gogh]]" and "Le Symbolisme en peinture: [[Paul Gauguin]]".
The son of a notary born in [[Châteauroux]], [[Indre]], Aurier went to Paris in 1883 to study law, but his attention was soon drawn to art and literature; he then began to contribute to Symbolist periodicals.{{sfn|Lunn|1982|p=8}} He reviewed the annual Salon in ''Le Décadent'',{{sfn|Lunn|1982|pp=10–12, 19}} later contributed to ''[[La Plume]]'' and, in 1889, was the managing editor of ''[[Le Moderniste Illustré]]''.{{sfn|Lunn|1982|p=20}} From its foundation in 1890, he contributed to the ''[[Mercure de France]]'', which published the essays on which Aurier's fame was founded: "{{lang|fr|Les Isolés: [[Vincent van Gogh]]|italics=unset}}" and "{{lang|fr|Le Symbolisme en peinture: [[Paul Gauguin]]|italics=unset}}".{{sfn|Lunn|1982|p=26}}


After a trip to Marseille, Aurier died at the age of twenty-seven in Paris, on 5 October 1892, from a typhus infection. The next day, friends, writers and artists accompanied his coffin to the funeral train departing from the Orléans station (today [[Musée d'Orsay]]) for Châteauroux, where Aurier's remains were entombed in the family grave.<ref>On the funeral, see: ''G.-Albert Aurier.'' Mercure de France, November 1892, p. 282-285</ref>
After a trip to Marseille, Aurier died at the age of twenty-seven in Paris, on 5 October 1892, from a typhus infection. The next day, friends, writers and artists accompanied his coffin on the funeral train departing from the [[Gare d'Orsay]] for Châteauroux, where his remains were entombed in the family grave.<ref>On the funeral, see: ''G.-Albert Aurier.'' Mercure de France, November 1892, p. 282-285</ref>


Six months after his death, in April 1893, his friends published his collected writings (Œuvres posthumes), edited by the Mercure de France.<ref>Œuvres posthumes de G.-Albert Aurier, Edition de Mercure de France, Paris 1893</ref>
Six months after his death, in April 1893, his friends published his collected writings (Œuvres posthumes), edited by the Mercure de France.<ref>Œuvres posthumes de G.-Albert Aurier, Edition de Mercure de France, Paris 1893</ref>


==Art collecting==
==Art collecting==
Most of the Van Gogh paintings from Aurier's collection were acquired by [[Helene Kröller-Müller]], and are now in the collections of the [[Kröller-Müller Museum]], Otterlo (The Netherlands). Works by other artists from Aurier's estate - [[Émile Bernard]], A. Fourmon, by unknown artists and Aurier himself - were first on public view in Paris, in 1960.<ref>See the items from the Williame Collection, Châteauroux, lent to the exhibition ''Les Amis de Van Gogh'', [[Institut Néerlandais]], Paris, 9 November - 17 December 1960.</ref>
Most of the Van Gogh paintings from Aurier's collection were acquired by [[Helene Kröller-Müller]], and are now in the collections of the [[Kröller-Müller Museum]], Otterlo (The Netherlands). Works by other artists from Aurier's estate - [[Émile Bernard (painter)|Émile Bernard]], A. Fourmon, by unknown artists and Aurier himself - were first on public view in Paris, in 1960.<ref>See the items from the Williame Collection, Châteauroux, lent to the exhibition ''Les Amis de Van Gogh'', [[Institut Néerlandais]], Paris, 9 November - 17 December 1960.</ref>


== Selected art criticism ==
== Selected art criticism ==
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* ''Le Symbolisme en peinture: Paul Gauguin'', [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1051454/f156.pdf Mercure de France, March 1891, pp. 155-165]
* ''Le Symbolisme en peinture: Paul Gauguin'', [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1051454/f156.pdf Mercure de France, March 1891, pp. 155-165]
* ''Les Symbolistes'', Revue encyclopédique 2, 1 April 1892, pp.&nbsp;474–486, illustrated
* ''Les Symbolistes'', Revue encyclopédique 2, 1 April 1892, pp.&nbsp;474–486, illustrated

<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
Gabriel Albert Aubrier - Les isolés - first page Article on Vincent van Gogh - Mercure de France, January 1890.jpg|Gabriel Albert Aurier: ''Les isolés'', article praising Vincent van Gogh, Mercure de France, January 1890.
Vincent van Gogh - Letter to Albert Aurier - 9 or 10 February, 1890 - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.jpg|Vincent van Gogh: Letter to Albert Aurier, 8 or 9 February 1890.
</gallery>


==References and sources==
==References and sources==
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* Sophie Monneret, ''L'impressionisme et son époque, dictionnaire international'', Denoël, Paris 1979 ISBN 2-221-05222-6
* {{cite book|last=Monneret|first=Sophie|title=L'impressionisme et son époque, dictionnaire international|publisher=Denoël|location=Paris|year=1979|isbn=2-221-05222-6}}
* Margaret Rauschenbach Lynn, ''G.-Albert Aurier, Critic and Theorist of Symbolist Art'', Ph.D. thesis, MIT, 1983 [http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/15544/11504206.pdf?sequence=1 pdf (9MB)]
* {{cite web|url=http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/15544/11504206.pdf?sequence=1|title=G.-Albert Aurier, Critic and Theorist of Symbolist Art|last=Lunn|first=Margaret Rauschenbach|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]|date=15 October 1982|type=PhD thesis|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604233631/http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/15544/11504206.pdf?sequence=1|archive-date=4 June 2011|url-status=dead}}
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Albert Aurier
Aurier, c. 1890.
Aurier, c. 1890.
BornGabriel-Albert Aurier
(1865-05-05)5 May 1865
Châteauroux, Indre, France
Died5 October 1892(1892-10-05) (aged 27)
Paris, France

Gabriel-Albert Aurier (5 May 1865 – 5 October 1892) was a French poet, art critic and painter, associated with the Symbolist movement.

Career[edit]

The son of a notary born in Châteauroux, Indre, Aurier went to Paris in 1883 to study law, but his attention was soon drawn to art and literature; he then began to contribute to Symbolist periodicals.[1] He reviewed the annual Salon in Le Décadent,[2] later contributed to La Plume and, in 1889, was the managing editor of Le Moderniste Illustré.[3] From its foundation in 1890, he contributed to the Mercure de France, which published the essays on which Aurier's fame was founded: "Les Isolés: Vincent van Gogh" and "Le Symbolisme en peinture: Paul Gauguin".[4]

After a trip to Marseille, Aurier died at the age of twenty-seven in Paris, on 5 October 1892, from a typhus infection. The next day, friends, writers and artists accompanied his coffin on the funeral train departing from the Gare d'Orsay for Châteauroux, where his remains were entombed in the family grave.[5]

Six months after his death, in April 1893, his friends published his collected writings (Œuvres posthumes), edited by the Mercure de France.[6]

Art collecting[edit]

Most of the Van Gogh paintings from Aurier's collection were acquired by Helene Kröller-Müller, and are now in the collections of the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (The Netherlands). Works by other artists from Aurier's estate - Émile Bernard, A. Fourmon, by unknown artists and Aurier himself - were first on public view in Paris, in 1960.[7]

Selected art criticism[edit]

  • Gabriel Albert Aurier: Les isolés, article praising Vincent van Gogh, Mercure de France, January 1890.
    Gabriel Albert Aurier: Les isolés, article praising Vincent van Gogh, Mercure de France, January 1890.
  • Vincent van Gogh: Letter to Albert Aurier, 8 or 9 February 1890.
    Vincent van Gogh: Letter to Albert Aurier, 8 or 9 February 1890.

References and sources[edit]

References
  1. ^ Lunn 1982, p. 8.
  2. ^ Lunn 1982, pp. 10–12, 19.
  3. ^ Lunn 1982, p. 20.
  4. ^ Lunn 1982, p. 26.
  5. ^ On the funeral, see: G.-Albert Aurier. Mercure de France, November 1892, p. 282-285
  6. ^ Œuvres posthumes de G.-Albert Aurier, Edition de Mercure de France, Paris 1893
  7. ^ See the items from the Williame Collection, Châteauroux, lent to the exhibition Les Amis de Van Gogh, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, 9 November - 17 December 1960.
Sources
  • Monneret, Sophie (1979). L'impressionisme et son époque, dictionnaire international. Paris: Denoël. ISBN 2-221-05222-6.
  • Lunn, Margaret Rauschenbach (15 October 1982). "G.-Albert Aurier, Critic and Theorist of Symbolist Art" (PDF) (PhD thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2011.
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