23 November 2016

Cimetière du Montparnasse (continued) #7: Antony Valabrègue

'ANTONY VALABRÈGUE
9 SEPTEMBRE
1844
28 JUILLET
1900'

Antony Valabrègue was a poet and art critic born in Aix-en-Provence, where he was initially educated and where he met Cézanne and Zola. He published his poetry in L'Artiste (where he was also art critic) and Le Parnasse contemporain, as well as books of poems and books on French art. Cézanne painted his portrait in about 1866.

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