Edmond Picard

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Edmond Picard

Edmond Picard (born December 15, 1836 in Brussels , † February 19, 1924 in Dave near Namur ) was a Belgian lawyer and writer .

Life

Edmond Picard initially devoted himself to the navy, made three long trips and attended the naval school in Antwerp , but then studied law in Brussels, where he lived as a very respected lawyer at the court of cassation and also worked as a lecturer at the university there.

In politics he tended towards the socialist direction and, after repeated attempts, was elected Senator of Hainaut in 1895 .

In the 1880s Picard occupied a dominant position in Belgian literature. He published numerous legal works, mostly in association with other authors, some of whom were highly regarded; they include:

  • Traité des brevets d'invention , Brussels 1866
  • Traité usuel de l'indemnité due à l'exproprié , 1867
  • Manuel pratique de la profession d'avocat en Belgique , 1869
  • Traité général de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique , 1875
  • Les pandectes belges, encyclopédie de législation, de doctrine, de jurisprudence belge , 151 vols., 1878–1933 (a large-scale legal encyclopedia)
  • Code général des brevets d'invention , 2nd edition, 1886
  • Bibliography générale et raisonnée du droite belge , 1882–90
  • Le droit pure. Encyclopédie… , 4th edition, Brussels 1901

Picard did not emerge as a poet until 1879 with Les rêveries d'un Stagiaire , which he followed with the prose sketches La forge Roussel, scènes de la vie judiciaire (1881), Mon oncle le jurisconsulte (1884) and other works. In 1881 he founded the Journal des Tribunaux and in 1883 the leading magazine L'Art modern , for which he himself wrote numerous articles on literature and art. During the winter months, Picard invited the elite of Belgian politicians, the most famous members of the Brussels bar, the leading contemporary Belgian painters and sculptors and those around the 'Marshal of Belgian Literature', Camille, to his house on the Boulevard de la Toison d'Or in Brussels Lemonnier , grouped writers of the most modern direction.

He was of the opinion that art should serve society, while the Jeune Belgique advocated the autonomy of art. Finally, Picard turned to the stage and had the anti-Semitic trend play Jéricho (1903), the political satire L'Ambidextre and the historical drama Charles le Téméraire (1905) performed in Brussels .

Other works (selection)

  • Paradoxe sur l'avocat , 1879
  • L'amiral , memoir, 1883
  • La veillée de l'huissier , 1885
  • Le juré , monodrama in 5 acts on the Peltzer case , 1886
  • El Moghreb al Aksa, une mission belge au Maroc , travel description, 1889; new edition 1893
  • Synthèse de l'antisémitisme , 1892
  • Comment on devient socialiste , 1895
  • En Congolie , travel description, Brussels 1896
  • L'Aryano-Sémitisme , 1899

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Picard, Edmond . In: Gero von Wilpert, Lexikon der Weltliteratur , 3rd edition, 1988, p. 1183.
  2. ↑ Henry van de Velde: Edmond Picard, pp. 45-46. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Picard, Edmond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian lawyer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1924
Place of death Dave at Namur