Gustave Geffroy
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Gustave Geffroy , (born June 1, 1855 in Paris , † April 4, 1926 ibid) was a French journalist, art critic , historian and writer and one of the ten founding members of the Académie Goncourt .
Life
Geffroy came to Paris from the Breton island of Belle-Île in September 1886 to conduct an investigation into Napoléon III's prisons . close. There he happened to meet the painter Claude Monet , whom he admired and with whom he became friends.
He was one of the few critics who gave Paul Cézanne's work a positive assessment during his lifetime. The portrait of Geffroys painted by Cézanne was created in 1895, but Cézanne left it unfinished because he was not satisfied with it.
In 1897 Geffroy published L'Enfermé , in which he reported on the life of the French revolutionary Auguste Blanqui . As an employee of the newspaper La Justice , from January 15, 1880, he met Georges Clemenceau , who became a good friend to him and who made him director of the tapestry manufacture in 1908 . He held this office until his death.
A street in the 13th arrondissement in Paris bears his name.
Major works
- Novels
- Le Cœur et l'esprit (1894)
- Hermione Gilquin (1907)
- La Comédie bourgeoise (1922)
- Cecile Pommier. (1) L'Éducation spirituelle (2) La Lutte des classes (2 volumes, 1923)
- About art
- Bernard Palissy (1881)
- Le Statuaire Rodin (1889)
- La Vie artistique (8 volumes, 1892–1903)
- Rubens (1902)
- Les Musées d'Europe (11 volumes, 1906–1908)
- Claude Monet (1920)
- René Lalique (1922)
- Sisley (1923)
- Auguste Brouet: catalog de son œuvre gravé (2 volumes, 1923)
- Charles Meryon (1926)
- Corot (sd)
- Daumier (sd)
- Historical
- L'Enfermé (1897) Texts as PDF
- La Bretagne (1905)
- Clémenceau (1918)
- Constantin Guys, l'historien du Second Empire (1920)
- various
- Notes d'un journaliste: vie, littérature, théâtre (1887) Texts as PDF
- Pays d'Ouest (1897)
- Les Minutes Parisiennes, 2 hours. La Cité et l'île Saint-Louis (1899)
- L'Apprentie , drame historique en 4 actes et 10 tableaux, Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 7 January 1908
- Les Bateaux de Paris (1903)
- Les Minutes Parisiennes. 7 days. Belleville (1903)
- Images du jour et de la nuit (1924) Texts as PDF
Web links
- The Musée d'Orsay for the portrait of Cézanne von Geffroy : see Cézanne's work descriptions
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geffroy, Gustave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French journalist, art critic, historian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1926 |
| Place of death | Paris |