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Eugène Renduel
Eugène Renduel (18 November 1798 – 19 October 1874) was a 19th-century French publisher. Career After he started working as a clerk by an "Avoué (legal office), avoué" in Clamecy, Nièvre, Clamecy, he moved to Paris in 1819. First an employee by a bookseller, he established his own bookshop in 1828 at 22 rue des Grands-Augustins in the modern 6th arrondissement of Paris, 6th arrondissement and soon became the regular publisher of Romanticism, romantic writers. During the 1830s, he took part in all meetings of the new school and met the future celebrities, still beginners, mostly those of the literary world of the time. Between 1831 and 1838, he published works by Victor Hugo, Hugo, Charles Nodier, Nodier, Eugène Sue, Sainte-Beuve, Alfred de Musset, Musset, Théophile Gautier, Gautier, Lamennais, Pétrus Borel, etc. However, he eventually dropped the ''Gaspard de la Nuit (book), Gaspard de la nuit'' by Aloysius Bertrand seven years after signing the contract with the author. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste De Châtillon
Auguste de Châtillon (29 January 1808 – 26 March 1881) was a French painter, sculptor and poet. He was born and died in Paris. He, Théophile Gautier, Gérard de Nerval and Arsène Houssaye formed the "bohème du Doyenné". Life He first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1831, initially painting portraits of subjects such as Gautier, Victor Hugo and Hugo's family, including one of Hugo and his son François-Victor Hugo, François-Victor and another of Hugo's daughter Léopoldine Hugo, Léopoldine. He designed costumes for Hugo's 1832 premiere ''Le Roi s’amuse'' and painted the woodwork in de Nerval's living room. He lived in New Orleans from 1844 to 1851 and on his return to France published a poetry collection in 1855 entitled ''Chant et poésie'', which was twice republished and expanded under the title ''À la Grand'Pinte, poésies d'Auguste de Châtillon'' in 1860 and as ''Les Poésies d'Auguste Châtillon'' in 1866. In the preface to the 1855 edition, Gautier wrote of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
