Georges Duthuit (1891–1973) was a
French
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writer, art critic and historian.
Duthuit was a key commentator on
Matisse
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,
Nicolas de Staël,
Jean-Paul Riopelle
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, and
Bram van Velde
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. He maintained a close association with the
surrealists
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, particularly
André Masson. In 1939, he was among the intellectuals convened for
George Bataille's College of Sociology
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. Part of his correspondences on contemporary art with
Samuel Beckett
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form the text ''
Three Dialogues Originally published in ''transition'' 49 in 1949, ''Three Dialogues'' represents a small part (fewer than 3000 words) of a correspondence between Samuel Beckett and Georges Duthuit about the nature of contemporary art, with particular reference t ...
'', originally published in the literary journal, ''
transition''.
Sources
George Duthuit on Dumbarton Oaks website
1891 births
1973 deaths
20th-century French non-fiction writers
French art historians
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