Antony Valabrègue
Antony Valabrègue (* 1844 in Aix-en-Provence , Dépt. Bouches-du-Rhône , † 1900 in Paris ) was a French writer and art critic.
Valabrègue spent his childhood and youth in Aix-en-Provence, where he was friends with Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola , among others .
At the age of 22 Valabrègue went to Paris in 1866 and made his successful debut as a lyric poet there the following year. He published his first poems in the magazine "L'Artiste". Having become aware of the official literary criticism, Alphonse Lemerre asked him to work on the later famous anthology Le Parnasse contemporain . Today Valabrègue is not one of the least important representatives of the Parnassians .
Most of his works appeared first in the feature sections of various magazines, including a. "L'Artiste", "La revue bleue", "La revue des arts décoratifs". In 1894 Valabrègue traveled to Germany at the instigation of the minister of culture to report on French art in France. In 1898 he made another similar trip, also through Germany.
Trivia
Antony Valabrègue is considered a role model for the painter Gagnière , a fictional person from Émile Zola's novel "L'œuvre".
Works (selection)
- Abraham Bosse . 1892
- L'art français en Allemagne. Report on a mission . 1895
- Madame Falconet . Une artiste francaise in Russian . 1898
- Une maître fantaisiste du XVIII siècle. Claude Gillot . 1883
- Petits poèmes parisiens . 1880
- Poètes contemporains. André Theuriet . 1881
- Les princesses artistes . 1888
literature
- Alphonse Lemerre: Le Parnasse contemporain
- Renée de Thiès: Des poètes parnassiens. Entretiens . Grassin, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-7055-1189-X .
- Émile Zola: The work. Roman ("L'œuvre"). Aufbau-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-7466-1114-8 ( Die Rougon-Macquart ; 14)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valabrègue, Antony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and art critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aix-en-Provence |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1900 |
| Place of death | Paris |