Gazette des Beaux-Arts
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The Gazette des Beaux-Arts was a French art review, found in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc
as its first chief editor. It was a world reference work on art history for nearly 100 years - one other editor in chief, from 1955 to 1987, was Jean Adhémar
. It was bought in 1928 by the Wildenstein family, whose last representative was Daniel Wildenstein
, its director from 1963 until his death in 2001. The review closed in 2002.
Charles Blanc
Charles Blanc was a French art critic, brother of Louis Blanc. After the February Revolution of 1848, he was director of the department for the visual arts at the ministry of the interior...
as its first chief editor. It was a world reference work on art history for nearly 100 years - one other editor in chief, from 1955 to 1987, was Jean Adhémar
Jean Adhémar
Jean Adhémar was a French librarian, academic and art historian.-Sources:*http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/bec_0373-6237_1988_num_146_2_450511...
. It was bought in 1928 by the Wildenstein family, whose last representative was Daniel Wildenstein
Daniel Wildenstein
Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder....
, its director from 1963 until his death in 2001. The review closed in 2002.
External links
- Issues from 1859 to 1911 on Gallica, periodicals section of the BnFBibliothèque nationale de FranceThe is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is Bruno Racine.-History:...
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