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Théodore Duret (20 January 1838 – 16 January 1927) was a French
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Théodore Duret (20 January 1838 – 16 January 1927) was a French journalist
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, author
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and art critic
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. He was one of the first advocates of Courbet, Manet, and the Impressionists. One of his best known works is ''Critique d'Avant Garde (Paris, 1885)'' which was written in support of the Impressionist movement. He also served as collecting advisor and buying agent for American art collector Louisine Havemeyer.
Biography
Theodore Duret was heir to a firm of Cognac dealers, was a collector, orientalist, and art critic.Travels in Asia
In September 1871, Duret traveled throughout Asia alongside the collector Henri Cernuschi. Together, the two men visited Japan, China, Mongolia, Java, and Indonesia in an effort to collect art objects and artworks. Duret was particularly interested in purchasing Japanese prints and illustrations. In collecting these objects, he sought to discover what he called, "the real Japan." Upon his return to Paris, Duret published his ''Voyage en Asie'' in 1873, which documented the collector's travels and purchases throughout Asia. Although Duret recounts his personal travels in ''Voyage en Asie'', he also comments on the family structures, languages, and religious practices of the countries he visited.Whistler painting
He was introduced to Whistler by Manet and posed for a portrait by Whistler in 1883 at Whistler's London studio at 13 Tite Street. At Duret's request, Whistler painted him in full evening dress, but Whistler suggested that he hold a pink domino, an addition necessary to the decorative arrangement of the composition. Whistler worked on the portrait over a long period of time, even though the finished work ultimately looks like a rapid sketch. Acclaimed when exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1885, it was ranked by many as the best portrait of Duret painted by any of the great Realist artists of the period.Works
* * * * * Duret, Théodore (1919) Vincent Van Gogh. ''Bernheim Jeune et Cie''. *References
Notes
Shigemi Inaga: ''Théodore Duret (1838–1927)''. Paris 1988 *Jean Selz: ''Lexikon des Impressionismus'' Cologne 1977 *John Rewald: ''Die Geschichte des Impressionismus'' Cologne 1979 *Chang, Ting (2002). "Collecting Asia: Théodore Duret's "Voyage en Asie" and Henri Cernuschi's Museum". ''Oxford Art Journal''. 25 (1): 17–34.ISSN
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0142-6540.
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Archives. Theodore Duret acted as an art collecting advisor and buying agent for the Havemeyer family. This archival collection includes original letters from Duret to Louisine Havemeyer and to Duret from Paul Rosenberg.
Article on the correspondence between Duret and James Abbott McNeill Whistler
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duret, Theodore 1838 births 1927 deaths People from Saintes, Charente-Maritime 19th-century French journalists French male journalists French art critics Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery French male writers 19th-century French male writers