Étienne-Joseph-Théophile Thoré (better known as Théophile Thoré-Bürger) (23 June 1807–30 April 1869) was a French journalist and
art critic
An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogue ...
. He is best known today for rediscovering the work of painter
Johannes Vermeer and several other prominent Dutch artists.
Today, Thoré-Bürger is best known for rediscovering the work of
Johannes Vermeer and
Carel Fabritius
Carel Pietersz. Fabritius (; bapt. 27 February 1622 – 12 October 1654) was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Fabritius, who was a member of the Delft School, developed his own artistic style ...
He lived for more than a decade with
Apolline Lacroix, the wife of his collaborator
Paul Lacroix, the curator of the
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal.
On Thoré-Bürger's death, she inherited his valuable art collection, much of which was eventually sold.
Selected publications
*''Dictionnaire de phrénologie et de physiognomonie, à l'usage des artistes, des gens du monde, des instituteurs, des pères de famille, des jurés, etc.'', 1836 Available online
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*''La Vérité sur le parti démocratique'', 1840 Available online
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*''Catalogue de dessins des grands maîtres, provenant du cabinet de M. Villenave'', 1842
*''Le Salon de 1844, précédé d'une lettre à Théodore Rousseau'', 1844
*''Dessins de maîtres, Collection de feu M. Delbecq, de Gand'', 1845 Available online
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*''Catalogue des estampes anciennes formant la collection de feu M. Delbecq, de Gand'', 1845 Available online
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*''La Recherche de la liberté'', 1845
*''Le Salon de 1845, précédé d'une lettre à Béranger'', 1845
*''Le Salon de 1846, précédé d'une Lettre à George Sand
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*''Le Salon de 1847, précédé d'une Lettre à Firmin Barrion'', 1847 Available online
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*''Mémoires de Caussidière, ex-préfet de police et représentant du peuple'', with Marc Caussidière, 2 vol., 1849 Available online: 12
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*''La Restauration de l'autorité, ou l'Opération césarienne'', 1852
*''Dans les bois'', 1856
*''En Ardenne, par quatre Bohémiens. Namur, Dinant, Han, Saint-Hubert, Houffalize, La Roche, Durbuy, Nandrin, Comblain, Esneux, Tilf, Spa'', in collaboration with other writers, 1856
*''Trésors d'art exposés à Manchester en 1857 et provenant des collections royales, des collections publiques et des collections particulières de la Grande-Bretagne'', 1857
*''Amsterdam et La Haye. Études sur l'école hollandaise'', 1858
*''Çà & là'', 1858
*''Musées de la Hollande'', 2 vol., 1858–1860
*''Études sur les peintres hollandais et flamands. Galerie d'Arenberg, à Bruxelles avec le catalogue complet de la collection'', 1859
*''Musée d'Anvers'', 1862
*''Trésors d'art en Angleterre'', 1862
*''Van der Meer (Vermeer) de Delft'', 1866
Published posthumously
*''Les Salons : études de critique et d'esthétique'', 3 vol., 1893
*''Thoré-Bürger peint par lui-même : lettres et notes intimes'', 1900 Available online
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References
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1807 births
1869 deaths
People from La Flèche
French art critics
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
19th-century French journalists
French male journalists
19th-century French male writers
Johannes Vermeer scholars
Scholars of Dutch art
French art collectors