''La Revue blanche'' was a French art and
literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...
run between 1889 and 1903. Some of the greatest writers and artists of the time were its collaborators.
History
The ''Revue blanche'' was founded in
Liège
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in 1889 and run by the Natanson brothers (Alexander, Thaddeus and Louis-Alfred, aka "Alfred Athis"). In 1891, the magazine moved to
Paris where it rivaled the ''
Mercure de France'', hence its name, which served to mark the difference with the ''Mercures purple cover. During the early years the magazine was associated with
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel ''In Search of Lost Time'' (''À la recherche du temps perdu''; with the previous Eng ...
.
Thaddeus's wife, Misia, participated in the launch of the magazine and served as a model for some covers.
The critics
Lucien Muhlfeld
Lucien Muhlfeld (4 August 1870, in Paris – 1 December 1902, in Paris) was a French novelist and dramatic critic.
After completing his studies at the Lycée Condorcet, Muhlfeld entered the University of Paris, where he took the licentiate deg ...
and
Félix Fénéon from 1896 to 1903 served as secretaries, as well as
Léon Blum
André Léon Blum (; 9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister.
As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century. He was a disciple of French Socialist le ...
himself.
The journal served as a representative for the cultural and artistic intelligentsia of the time. Starting from 1898, at the instigation of
Lucien Herr, it contributed to the
Dreyfus affair,
siding with the captain accused of treason. During this period the magazine developed close relations with
Emile Durkheim.
[
Octave Mirbeau published his '' Diary of a Chambermaid'' in serial form in the ''Revue blanche'' in 1900.
The ''Revue blanche'' disappeared in 1903 after 237 issues.]
References
External links
''La Revue Blanche de Bruxelles'', 1889–1891
''La Revue Blanche'', 1891–1903
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1889 establishments in France
1903 disestablishments in France
Defunct literary magazines published in France
French-language magazines
Magazines established in 1889
Magazines disestablished in 1903
Magazines published in Paris
Mass media in Liège
French art publications