André Salmon

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Modigliani, Picasso and André Salmon in front of the Café de la Rotonde , Paris, in 1916

André Salmon (born October 4, 1881 in Paris , † March 12, 1969 in Sanary-sur-Mer in Provence ) was a French poet and art critic . He was one of the advocates for the new art movement of Cubism , together with Apollinaire and Maurice Raynal .

Life

André Salmon grew up in an art-loving family. His grandfather Théodor (1811–1876) was a painter , his father Émile-Frédéric (1840–1913) a sculptor . From 1897 to 1902 he lived in Saint Petersburg ( Russia ) with his parents, later he was employed as an assistant attaché at the French embassy .

In 1902 he returned to France to take up military service. Due to his poor health, he was released after a few months. At the beginning of the 20th century he took part in literary circles around the Latin Quarter in Paris. There he met the young, still unknown writer Guillaume Apollinaire , and together with him and other young artists founded an artist group. In 1904 he moved to the Bateau-Lavoir studio house , where Picasso , Max Jacob , Kees van Dongen , Apollinaire and other artists lived. Amedeo Modigliani and Jean Cocteau were among his friends.

Salmon is considered one of the young art critics who redefined the profession. His concern was not just to report on the salon exhibition , "but rather the aesthetic reflection and historical assessment mixed up in his critical judgment." In addition to Carl Einstein , Max Jacob and Maurice Raynal , Salmon drew attention to the art of Cubism in numerous exhibition reviews and writings and tried to bring the paintings of Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger , Juan Gris and Georges Braque closer to a skeptical audience. At an early stage, together with Apollinaire and Carl Einstein, he pointed out the importance of African art for contemporary artists.

In 1964 he was awarded the Poetry Prize by the Académie française .

Works (selection)

  • Créances (1926)
  • Carreaux (1928)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ André Salmon, Beth S. Gersh-Nešić: André Salmon on French Modern Art, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-521-85658-4
  2. ^ Uwe Fleckner, Carl Einstein and his century: Fragments of an intellectual biography , Akademie Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-05-003863-6
personal data
SURNAME Salmon, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer and art critic
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1969
Place of death Sanary-sur-Mer