Edmond de Goncourt

"Hokusai 'mad about his art' From Edmond de Goncourt to Norbert Lagane" shows 120 works signed by or attributed to Hokusai (1760-1849) or his studio, including prints such as "36 Views of Mount Fuji," preparatory drawings, sketches and a few paintings.

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Edmond de Goncourt, who found 'ce Jordaens moderne' too vulgar for his taste, his nudes 'untrue,' and who after attending a joint private view in 1867 of Courbet's tribadic Le Sommeil and Ingres's Bain antique (both painted for Khalil Bey) dismissed the two painters as idiots populaires, was won round by The Origin of the World.

'The Proudest and Most Arrogant Man in France' Barnes, Julian 1992

The Viardot household returns to France, and he makes friends with the leading writers, Edmond de Goncourt, Zola, Daudet, Renan, the young Maupassant, above all he renews his warm relations with Flaubert; they all admired and adored him far more deeply than did any writers in Russia.

The Gentle Genius Berlin, Isaiah 1983

He had painted her portrait, and even in 1892 Edmond de Goncourt clearly remembered his first sight of it as a small boy.

Reading the Goncourts Russell, John 1977

In this connection, an extract may be quoted from the will of Edmond de Goncourt, the distinguished French writer and collector: --

The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Various

Edmond de Goncourt and his brother Jules conceived the noble and unselfish idea to found an institute, the members of which would require but two qualifications, poverty and exceptional literary power.

The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various

_Notre oeuvre entier_, writes Edmond de Goncourt, _repose sur la maladie nerveuse; les peintures de la maladie, nous les avons tirées de nous-mêmes, et, à force de nous disséquer, nous sommes arrivés à une sensitivité supra-aiguë que blessaient les infiniment petits de la vie_.

Figures of Several Centuries Arthur Symons 1905

It was their belief that a writer should have a personal style, a style as peculiar to himself as his handwriting; and indeed I seem to see in the handwriting of Edmond de Goncourt just the characteristics of his style.

Figures of Several Centuries Arthur Symons 1905

It is difficult, in speaking of Edmond de Goncourt, to avoid attributing to him the whole credit of the work which has so long borne his name alone.

Figures of Several Centuries Arthur Symons 1905

My first visit to Edmond de Goncourt was in May 1892.

Figures of Several Centuries Arthur Symons 1905