Arsène Alexandre (16 August 1859 – 1 October 1937) was a French art critic. He was a contributor to ''L'Événement'', ''Le Paris'' and ''L'Éclair'' and in 1894 was one of the founders of the satirical journal '' Le Rire'', becoming its artistic director. He was later art critic for ''

Le Figaro () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...

''. Alexandre and

Félix Fénéon Félix Fénéon (; 22 June 1861 – 29 February 1944) was a French art critic, gallery director, writer and anarchist during the late 19th century and early 20th century. He coined the term '' Neo-Impressionism'' in 1886 to identify a group of ...

were the first to use the term '

pointillism Pointillism (, ) is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism. The term "Pointillism ...

', in 1886, and Alexandre alone coined the term 'the Rouen School', in 1902 in a catalogue to an exhibition of the work of Joseph Delattre at the galerie

Durand-Ruel Paul Durand-Ruel (; 31 October 1831 – 5 February 1922) was a French art dealer associated with the Impressionism, Impressionists and the Barbizon school, Barbizon School. Being the first to support artists such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. He also wrote several articles for ''Le Théâtre'', notably 'Le Théâtre au Salon' in June 1898 and several theatre reviews. He was Inspecteur Général des Musées during the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

Works

* ''

Honoré Daumier Honoré-Victorin Daumier (; February 26, 1808 – February 10 or 11, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the July Revolution, Revolution of 1830 ...

, l'homme et l'œuvre'', H. Laurens, Paris, 1888 * ''Oeuvre d' Alphonse de Neuville'', A. Lahure, 1889 * '' A. L. Barye'', Librairie de l'Art, 1889 * ''Histoire de l'art décoratif du XVIe siècle à nos jours'', H. Laurens, 1892 * ''L'Art du rire et de la caricature'', Librairie-imprimerie réuies, 1892 * ''La Sœur de Pierrot'', novel, illustrations de A. Willette, Librairie Delagrave, 1893 * ''Histoire populaire de la peinture'', H. Laurens, 1895 * '' Jean Carriès, imagier et potier: étude d'une œuvre et d'une vie'', Librairies-imprimeries réunies, Paris, 1895 * ''Le Balzac de

Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (; ; 12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a u ...

'', H. Floury Éditeur, Paris, 1898 * '' A. F. Cals ou le bonheur de peindre'', G. Petit, 1900 * ''Les Reines de l'aiguille: modistes et couturières, étude parisienne'', T. Belin, 1902 * ''Ignacio Zuloaga'', Manzi-Joyant, 1903 * ''La maison de

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...

. Editions Hachette, 1903 * ''

Auguste Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (; ; 12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a u ...

'', Manzi-Joyant, 1904 * ''

Donatello Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi ( – 13 December 1466), known mononymously as Donatello (; ), was an Italian Renaissance sculpture, Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period. Born in Republic of Florence, Florence, he studied classical sc ...

'', H. Laurens, Paris, 1904 * ''Jean-François Raffaelli, peintre, graveur et sculpteur'', H. Floury, Paris, 1909 * ''La Collection Henri Rouart, Goupil & Cie, Imprimeurs-éditeurs. Limited edition, 1912 * ''L'Art décoratif de

Léon Bakst Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst (), born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg (; – 27 December 1924),

'', M. de Brunoff, Paris, 1913 * ''

Vladimir de Terlikowski Wladimir de Terlikowski or Włodzimierz Terlikowski (1873–1951) was a Polish painter mainly active in France. Life Born to a noble family near Warsaw, he discovered art on several trips to France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and North A ...

Peintre'', éditions Alcan, Paris, 1927 * ''Louise C. Breslau'', Rieder, Paris, 1928 * ''

Botticelli Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli ( ; ) or simply known as Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 1 ...

'', Rieder, Paris, 1929 * ''Frank Boggs'', Le Goupy, Paris, 1929 * ''

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influ ...

: sa vie et le sens de son œuvre'',

Bernheim-Jeune Bernheim-Jeune gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in Paris. Opened on Rue Laffitte in 1863 by Alexandre Bernheim (1839-1915), friend of Delacroix, Corot and Courbet, it changed location a few times before settling on Avenue Matignon. ...

, Paris, 1930 * ''

Emile Friant Emile or Émile may refer to: * Émile (novel) (1827), autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life * Emile, Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai * '' Emile: or, On Education'' (1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a treatise o ...

et son oeuvre'', Etablissement Braun & Cie, Mulhouse-Dornach (Haut-Rhin), no date (1931?), 48 p., 62 pl. * ''

Vermeer Johannes Vermeer ( , ; see below; also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch ...

et l'école de Delft'', 1933 * ''La Vie et l'Œuvre de

Charles Pinet Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

, graveur (1867–1932)'', Protat frères, Mâcon, 1934 * ''Les Années de captivité de

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

(1819–1827)'', F. Alcan, Paris, 1936

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External links

''Signac, 1863-1935''
a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Alexandre (see index) {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandre, Arsene 1859 births 1937 deaths French art critics Writers from Paris French journalists French male non-fiction writers