Élie Faure
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"In the opening scene of Jean-Luc Godard's film Pierrot le Fou (1965), Jean-Paul Belmondo's character sits in a bathtub reading Élie Faure's Histoire de l'art to his daughter."--Sholem Stein |
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Jacques Élie Faure (1873 - 1937) was a French art historian and essayist.
He is the author of Histoire de l'art (1919-1921) and a text on Goya's The Disasters of War.
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Life
He was the son of Pierre Faure and Suzanne Louise Zéline Reclus.
Works
- Vélasquez (1903)
- Formes et Forces (1907)
- Les Constructeurs (1914)
- La sainte Face (1917)
- La Roue (1919)
- La Danse sur le Feu et l'Eau (1920)
- Napoléon (1921)
- Histoire de l'art (1919-1921)
- L'Esprit des formes (1927)
- Découverte de l'archipel (1932)
- D'autres Terres en vue (1932)
- Mon périple suivi de Reflets dans le sillage (1931)
Miscellany
In the opening scene of Jean-Luc Godard's film Pierrot le Fou (1965), Jean-Paul Belmondo's character sits in a bathtub reading Elie Faure's Histoire de l'art to his daughter.
In Henry Miller's novels Tropic of Capricorn (novel), Plexus and Nexus Miller speaks of Faure's works.
Will Durant included Faure's 4-volume History of Art on his list of 100 Best Books for an Education.
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Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires, Émile Janvion, Eugène Loup, Faure, Francisco Iturrino, Georges Crès, Jacques Sadoul (politician), Jean Lurçat, Jean-Louis Faure (sculptor), Jean-Louis Faure (surgeon), Jean-Nicolas Gannal, Joseph Bernard, L'Atalante, Livre d'art, René Paresce, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Société Normande de Peinture Moderne, The Dial
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