Arsène Alexandre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arsène Alexandre

French art critic

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1859

Place of Birth: former 3rd arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1937

Profession: art historian, journalist, art collector

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Arsène Alexandre (16 August 1859, Paris – 1 October 1937, Brain sur Allonnes) 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.
Alexandre and Félix Fénéon were the first to use 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 à Paris.
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.



Alternative names	Carolus-Duran, Charles Auguste Émile Durand
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	4 July 1837	17 February 1917
Location of birth/death	Lille	Paris
Work location	France, Italy (esp. Rome), Spain
Authority control	: Q274901 VIAF: 34662644 ISNI: 0000 0001 1556 6099 ULAN: 500115346 LCCN: n87896143 WGA: CAROLUS-DURAN WorldCat