L'Artiste
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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}} |
| + | '''''L’Artiste''''' was a weekly illustrated [[review]] published in [[Paris]] from 1831 to 1904, supplying "the richest single source of contemporary commentary on artists, exhibitions and trends from the [[Romanticism|Romantic era]] to the end of the nineteenth century." | ||
| - | [[Paris Salon]] of [[1865]] was opened late April or early May. | + | == History == |
| + | ''L'Artiste'' was founded in 1831 by [[Achille Ricourt]] with financing provided by the businessman [[Aimé-Joseph Brame]]. In 1843, it was purchased by [[Arsène Houssaye]]. | ||
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| + | Originally, ''L'Artiste'' addressed [[fine arts]] and [[literature]], but by 1859, literature became its primary concern. It later absorbed the ''[[Revue de Paris]]''. | ||
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| + | Important editors included A. Ricourt, H. Delaunay, and [[Arsène Houssaye]]. Notably, it published works by [[Honoré de Balzac]], [[Gérard de Nerval]], [[Théophile Gautier]], [[Jules Janin]], [[Théodore de Banville]], [[Émile Zola]], [[Henri Murger]], [[Champfleury|Jules Champfleury]], [[Charles Baudelaire]], [[Joseph Méry]], [[Eugène Sue]] and [[Alphonse Esquiros]]. | ||
| - | 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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L’Artiste was a weekly illustrated review published in Paris from 1831 to 1904, supplying "the richest single source of contemporary commentary on artists, exhibitions and trends from the Romantic era to the end of the nineteenth century."
History
L'Artiste was founded in 1831 by Achille Ricourt with financing provided by the businessman Aimé-Joseph Brame. In 1843, it was purchased by Arsène Houssaye.
Originally, L'Artiste addressed fine arts and literature, but by 1859, literature became its primary concern. It later absorbed the Revue de Paris.
Important editors included A. Ricourt, H. Delaunay, and Arsène Houssaye. Notably, it published works by Honoré de Balzac, Gérard de Nerval, Théophile Gautier, Jules Janin, Théodore de Banville, Émile Zola, Henri Murger, Jules Champfleury, Charles Baudelaire, Joseph Méry, Eugène Sue and Alphonse Esquiros.
