Zacharie Astruc
Zacharie Astruc (born February 8, 1835 in Angers , † May 24, 1907 in Paris ) was a French art critic , journalist , poet , composer , painter and sculptor .
Astruc initially worked as a journalist and art critic for the magazines Echo du Nord and Pays . He later founded the Mascarille magazine in Lille and L'espagne nouveau in Madrid in 1872 . In addition, he was co-editor of the literary collection Le quart d'heure .
The versatile Astruc played an important role in the Parisian art scene in the second half of the 19th century. First he made friends with Henri Fantin-Latour and got to know Édouard Manet through him . Fantin-Latour placed Astruc right next to Manet in his painting Un atelier aux Batignolles . Astruc was one of the first defenders of Manet's painting and wrote a poem for his painting Olympia . Manet painted Astruc in Music in the Tuileries Garden , The Music Lessons and finally his portrait in 1866. Also created Frédéric Bazille a portrait of him. In his writings, for example, he defended Claude Monet and Alphonse Legros . The painter Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran was also one of his friends . Astruc, who was enthusiastic about Japanese art and Spanish painters, later worked as a painter himself and exhibited in the first impressionism exhibition in 1874 . In the following years he turned to sculpture. His mask dealer in the Jardin du Luxembourg is one of his best known works.
Works
Roses négligemment jetées sur un vase
Interior Parisien
Les Prèsents Chinois
The mask dealer
Jardin du Luxembourg
literature
- Sharon Flescher: Zacharie Astruc: critic, artist and japoniste , Garland, New York 1978, ISBN 0-8240-3226-8
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Astruc, Zacharie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor, painter and art critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Angers |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1907 |
| Place of death | Paris |