Zacharie Astruc
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| - | [[Image:Olympia (1863) by Édouard Manet.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Olympia (painting)|Olympia]]'' by [[Édouard Manet]], painted in [[1863]], it stirred an [[uproar]] when it was first exhibited at the [[1865]] [[Paris Salon]]. Today, it is considered as the start of [[modern art]].]]{{Template}} | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''Zacharie Astruc''' ([[Angers]], 1833- [[Paris]], 1907) was a [[sculptor]], [[painter]] and [[art critic]]. He was interested in the cultural life of the second half of the [[19th century]], and participated in the first [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] exhibition and also in the [[Exposition Universelle]] of 1900. He was a defender of [[Courbet]], and was one of the first to recognize the talent of [[Pissarro]] and [[Manet]]. He also defended [[Monet]], [[Fantin-Latour]] et [[Alphonse Legros]]. He appears in the famous painting of [[Henri Fantin-Latour]] ''[[Un atelier aux Batignolles]]'' -- he is seated next to Manet. | ||
| - | + | Astruc helped to promote a widespread revival of interest in [[El Greco]]'s paintings.<ref name="Russel1">J. Russel, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DC1739F93BA25754C0A964948260 Seeing The Art Of El Greco As Never Before]</ref> Astruc was also a specialist of the [[Japanese art]]. | |
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| - | The hail of criticism included that of [[Jules Claretie]], who in ''[[L'Artiste]]'' in May 1865 identified Olympia as "a [[courtesan]] no doubt" (une courtisane sans doute.) A few days earlier, ''Le monde illustré'' used the epigraphic poem by [[Zacharie Astruc]] to sardonically brand this "auguste jeune fille," a courtesan. A French dictionary published in 1873 describes a courtesan as "toute femmes de mauvaise vie qui est au-dessus des simple prostituées." (All women of vice who are above the simple prostitutes.) Cited in Alan Krell, "The Fantasy of Olympia," Connoisseur 195 (August 1977), p. 298. --[http://19thc-artworldwide.org/spring_04/articles/floy.shtml NCAW Spring 04 | Phylis A. Floyd on Manet's Olympia] | + | |
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Zacharie Astruc (Angers, 1833- Paris, 1907) was a sculptor, painter and art critic. He was interested in the cultural life of the second half of the 19th century, and participated in the first Impressionist exhibition and also in the Exposition Universelle of 1900. He was a defender of Courbet, and was one of the first to recognize the talent of Pissarro and Manet. He also defended Monet, Fantin-Latour et Alphonse Legros. He appears in the famous painting of Henri Fantin-Latour Un atelier aux Batignolles -- he is seated next to Manet.
Astruc helped to promote a widespread revival of interest in El Greco's paintings.<ref name="Russel1">J. Russel, Seeing The Art Of El Greco As Never Before</ref> Astruc was also a specialist of the Japanese art.
