Léon Roger (also known as Léon Roger-Milès or just Roger-Milès; 3 November 1859 – 9 May 1928) was a French lawyer, historian, poet, journalist and art critic.

Biography

Born in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, — Mort à Angoulême le 9 mai dernier; — de notre excellent confrère L. Roger-Milès. Roger-Milès was a professor at

Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour The Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour is a school in Paris, France, on avenue Trudaine. History The school was founded as the private Collège Sainte-Barbe in 1821 and renamed Collège Rollin in 1830. It was transplanted in 1876 from the Quartier ...

from 1879 to 1887. From 1887 to 1899, he was an advocate in the

cour d'appel A court of appeals, also called a court of appeal, appellate court, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of ...

. From 1878, he also directed ''Le Parnasse'' and founded the review ''Le Monde poétique'' (1884–1888), of which he was also the director. As a journalist, he wrote for '' Le Figaro illustré'', '' L'Eclair'', ''

Le Temps ''Le Temps'' (literally "The Time") is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. It is the sole nationwide French-language non-specialised daily newspaper of Switzerland. Since 2021, it has b ...

'', '' Le Courrier français'', ''

le Soir ''Le Soir'' (, "The Evening") is a French-language Belgian daily newspaper. Founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel, it was intended as a politically independent source of news. It is one of the most popular Francophone newspapers in Belgium, competing ...

'', ''

le Gaulois ''Le Gaulois'' () was a French daily newspaper, founded in 1868 by Edmond Tarbé and Henry de Pène. After a printing stoppage, it was revived by Arthur Meyer in 1882 with notable collaborators Paul Bourget, Alfred Grévin, Abel Hermant, and E ...

'', '' L'Evènement'', '' Efimeris ton Athinon'', '' Le Journal du grand monde'', '' La Semaine de Paris'', ''

La Revue des Deux Mondes The ''Revue des deux Mondes'' (, ''Review of the Two Worlds'') is a monthly French-language literary, cultural and current affairs magazine that has been published in Paris since 1829. According to its website, "it is today the place for debates a ...

'', and ''

Le Cousin Pons ''Le Cousin Pons'' () is one of the last of the 94 novels and short stories that make up Honoré de Balzac’s '' Comédie humaine''. Begun in 1846 as a novella, it was envisaged as one part of a diptych, '' Les Parents pauvres'' (''The Poor Rel ...

'' (revue d'art). His book ''Les Heures d'une Parisienne'' (1890) includes the titular short novel together with ''Pures et Impures'', a collection of 21 stories. The story ''"Une Vision d'

Allori Allori is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter *Angelo Allori (1502–1572), Florentine Mannerist painter *Cristofano Allori (1577–1621), Italian portrait painter {{surnam ...

"'' is dedicated to the painter

Gabriel Guay Gabriel Guay (October 14, 1848 – September 15, 1923), whose full name was Julien Gabriel Guay, was a French painter and teacher. From 1873 he exhibited works at the annual Paris Salon. He painted portraits, and also scenes inspired by literature ...

, who provided the book's cover art. In his 1923 book, ''Leonard de Vinci et les Jocondes'', Roger-Milès argues that Leonardo actually painted at least two versions of the ''

Mona Lisa The ''Mona Lisa'' ( ; it, Gioconda or ; french: Joconde ) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known ...

'', including one done for Francesco del Giocondo, and another for

Giuliano de' Medici Giuliano de' Medici (25 October 1453 – 26 April 1478) was the second son of Piero de' Medici (the Gouty) and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. As co-ruler of Florence, with his brother Lorenzo the Magnificent, he complemented his brother's image as the " ...

.Christian Gálvez, ''Gioconda descodificada: Retrato de la mujer del Renacimiento'' (2019), p. 195. He died in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

Distinctions

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...

(16 August 1900)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roger-Miles, Leon 1859 births 1928 deaths Journalists from Paris 20th-century French lawyers 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French poets Recipients of the Legion of Honour