Arsène Alexandre (16 August 1859,
Paris – 1 October 1937, Brain sur Allonnes) was a French art critic.
He was a contributor to ''L'Événement'', ''Le Paris'' and ''L'Éclair'' and in 1894 was one of the founders of the satirical journal ''
Le Rire'', becoming its artistic director. He was later art critic for ''
Le Figaro''. Alexandre and
Félix Fénéon were the first to use the term '
pointillism
Pointillism (, ) is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.
Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism. The term "Pointillism" wa ...
', in 1886, and Alexandre alone coined the term 'the
Rouen School
The Rouen School (L'École de Rouen) is a term used for artists or artisans born or working in Rouen, or for all artistic products from Rouen, such as Rouen faience of the 16th to 18th centuries.
The term was first used in 1902 by Arsène Alexa ...
', in 1902 in a catalogue to an exhibition of the work of
Joseph Delattre
Joseph Delattre (20 August 1858, Déville-lès-Rouen – 6 August 1912) was a French painter of the Rouen School. He exhibited at the Fifth Impressionist Exhibition of 1880.
Life and career
Delattre was a faithful friend Charles Angrand and Cl ...
at the galerie
Durand-Ruel à
Paris. He also wrote several articles for ''Le Théâtre'', notably 'Le Théâtre au Salon' in June 1898 and several theatre reviews.
He was Inspecteur Général des Musées during the First World War.
Works
* ''
Honoré Daumier, l'homme et l'œuvre'', H. Laurens, Paris, 1888
* ''Oeuvre d'
Alphonse de Neuville'', A. Lahure, 1889
* ''
A. L. Barye'', Librairie de l'Art, 1889
* ''Histoire de l'art décoratif du XVIe siècle à nos jours'', H. Laurens, 1892
* ''L'Art du rire et de la caricature'', Librairie-imprimerie réuies, 1892
* ''La Sœur de Pierrot'', novel, illustrations de A. Willette, Librairie Delagrave, 1893
* ''Histoire populaire de la peinture'', H. Laurens, 1895
* ''
Jean Carriès
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* J ...
, imagier et potier: étude d'une œuvre et d'une vie'', Librairies-imprimeries réunies, Paris, 1895
* ''Le Balzac de
Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...
'', H. Floury Éditeur, Paris, 1898
* ''
A. F. Cals ou le bonheur de peindre'', G. Petit, 1900
* ''Les Reines de l'aiguille: modistes et couturières, étude parisienne'', T. Belin, 1902
* ''Ignacio Zuloaga'', Manzi-Joyant, 1903
* ''La maison de
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
. Editions Hachette, 1903
* ''
Auguste Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...
'', Manzi-Joyant, 1904
* ''
Donatello'', H. Laurens, Paris, 1904
* ''Jean-François Raffaelli, peintre, graveur et sculpteur'', H. Floury, Paris, 1909
* ''La Collection
Henri Rouart
Stanislas-Henri Rouart (2 October 1833, Paris - 2 January 1912, Paris) was a French engineer, industrialist, art collector and painter.
Biography
His father was a wealthy manufacturer of military uniforms. He was a student at the Lycée Louis ...
, Goupil & Cie, Imprimeurs-éditeurs. Limited edition, 1912
* ''L'Art décoratif de
Léon Bakst
Léon Bakst (russian: Леон (Лев) Николаевич Бакст, Leon (Lev) Nikolaevich Bakst) – born as Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich) Rosenberg, Лейб-Хаим Израилевич (Самойлович) Розенбе ...
'', M. de Brunoff, Paris, 1913
* ''
Vladimir de Terlikowski
Wladimir de Terlikowski or Włodzimierz Terlikowski (1873–1951) was a Polish painter mainly active in France.
Life
Born to a noble family near Warsaw, he discovered art on several trips to France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and North A ...
Peintre'', éditions Alcan, Paris, 1927
* ''Louise C. Breslau'', Rieder, Paris, 1928
* ''
Botticelli
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli (, ), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered ...
'', Rieder, Paris, 1929
* ''Frank Boggs'', Le Goupy, Paris, 1929
* ''
Paul Gauguin : sa vie et le sens de son œuvre'',
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1930
* ''
Emile Friant
Emil or Emile may refer to:
Literature
*''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
* ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life
*''Emil and the Detective ...
et son oeuvre'', Etablissement Braun & Cie, Mulhouse-Dornach (Haut-Rhin), no date (1931?), 48 p., 62 pl.
* ''
Vermeer et l'école de Delft'', 1933
* ''La Vie et l'Œuvre de
Charles Pinet
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
, graveur (1867–1932)'', Protat frères, Mâcon, 1934
* ''Les Années de captivité de
Beethoven (1819–1827)'', F. Alcan, Paris, 1936
Notes
External links
''Signac, 1863-1935'' a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Alexandre (see index)
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1859 births
1937 deaths
French art critics
Writers from Paris
French journalists
French male non-fiction writers