Charles Blanc

Charles Blanc was a French art historian, professor, art critic, printmaker, journalist and writer (1813–1882). He was born at Castres and died at Paris.

Also recorded as Auguste-Alexandre-Philippe-Charles Blanc.

Charles Blanc in brief

Born
1813
Died
1882
Known for
art historian, professor, art critic, printmaker, journalist, writer and ministry official
Place of birth
Castres
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Identity and origins

Charles Blanc was recorded at birth as Auguste-Alexandre-Philippe-Charles Blanc. The authorities additionally record the heading Auguste-Alexandre-Philippe-Charles Blanc. His recorded language was French.

Career and activity

He was employed by Gazette des beaux-arts, Le Courrier français, L'Artiste (magazine), Le Journal de Rouen and Le Temps. Recorded positions include director, editor-in-chief and seat 12 of the Académie française. He belonged to Académie Française, Académie des beaux-arts and Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. He worked at Paris.

Catalogued works

13 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1668 to 1966.

Grammaire des arts du dessin : architecture, sculpture, peinture, dated 1870, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 100.1 B59. Grandville. Le trésor de la curiosité. Grammaire des arts du dessin. L'œuvre complet de Rembrandt : catalogue raisonné de toutes les eaux-fortes du maître et de ses peintures, dated 1859–1861, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 183R28 B59. L'art dans la parure et dans le vêtement / par m. Charles Blanc., dated [date of publication not identified], held by Wellcome Collection. So you have asthma! / by Albert D. G. Blanc ; with a foreword by Sir Charles Hercus ; illustrations by Sid Scales., dated [1966], held by Wellcome Collection. René Allendy, 1889-1942 / Charles Baudouin, Jean Desplanque, René Jaccard., dated [1945], held by Wellcome Collection. Le trésor de la curiosité tiré des catalogues de vente ... et précédé d'une lettre [de A.N. Thibaudeau] ... sur la curiosité et les curieux / [Charles Blanc]., dated 1857-1858, held by Wellcome Collection. George Heriot's Hospital : memories of a modern monk : being reminiscences of life in the Hospital / by Clement B. Gunn ; The Hospital described from an architectural standpoint, by Hippolyte J. Blanc ; Memoir of F.W. Bedford, by Charles Henry Bedford., dated 1902, held by Wellcome Collection. George Heriot's Hospital : memories of a modern monk being reminiscences of life in the Hospital / by Clement B. Gunn ; The Hospital described from an architectural standpoint, by Hippolyte J. Blanc ; Memoir of F.W. Bedford, by Charles Henry Bedford., dated [1906?], held by Wellcome Collection. L'examen des esprits pour les sciences, ou se monstrent les differences d'esprits, qui se trouvent parmy les hommes, & quelle sorte de science chacun est propre en particulier ... Nouvellement traduit suivant l'ancien original ... et augmenté [by C. Vion d'Alibrai] Selon la derniere impression d'Espagne / [Juan Huarte]., dated 1668, held by Wellcome Collection. La psychologie du travail / L. Walther., dated [1946-], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 46 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

15 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Blanc, Charles, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Blanc-Gatti, Charles, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Blanc, Charles Sylvain, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Blanc, Charles Alexandre Philippe Auguste, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Blanc, (Auguste-Alexandre-Philippe-)Charles, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Leonhardi Euleri Opera omnia. Leonhardi Euleri Theoria motus corporum solidorum seu rigidorum : ex primis nostrae cognitionis principiis stabilita et ad omnes motus qui in huiusmodi corpora cadere possunt accommodata, 1948. Leonhardi Euleri Commercium epistolicum : commercium cum A.C. Clairaut, J. d'Alembert et J.L. Lagrange, 1980. Treatment of herniated lumbar disc by percutaneous nucleotomy with aspiration. Preliminary results in 70 cases., Journal of neuroradiology. Journal de neuroradiologie, 1990. A method and device for introducing a yarn into a treatment apparatus, 1976. Leonhardi Euleri Commentationes mechanicae : ad theoriam motus punctorum pertinentes, 1957. Charles Blanc, ‘On Design in the Composition of a Jewel’, 2021. Charles Blanc et l'architecture : 'une décoration qui se construit', 2019. Van Gogh, teórico del color, Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, 1997. Le Musée européen des copies de Charles Blanc comme « pendant » du Louvre, Les Cahiers de l'École du Louvre, 2017.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1162642904). Those registers additionally record the form Blanc du Collet, Charles.

Digitised editions and texts

11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Iguana Biogeography — Internet Archive. Les beaux-arts à l'Exposition universelle de 1878 (1878) — Internet Archive. Histoire de la renaissance artistique en Italie, Volume 2 (1894) — Internet Archive. Les tresors de l'art à Manchester (1857) — Internet Archive. Art in ornament and dress. Transl (1877) — Internet Archive. Histoire des Peintres (1861) — Internet Archive. Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles par Charles Blanc École flamande (1864) — Internet Archive. Masters in Art, Part 79, Volume 7, July, 1906: Ingres A Series of Illustrated Monographs — Internet Archive. Histoire des Peintres de Toutes les Ecoles (1862) — Internet Archive. Le trésor de la curiosité tiré des catalogues de vente de tableaux ..., Volume 2 (1857) — Internet Archive. Histoire Des Peintres de Toutes Les Ecoles Ecole Hollandaise (1861) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

training under Luigi Calamatta is recorded. the recorded working language is French.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Employment is recorded with Gazette des beaux-arts, Le Courrier français and L'Artiste (magazine). Positions recorded include director and editor-in-chief. Membership is recorded of Académie Française, Académie des beaux-arts and Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.

Work by Charles Blanc is recorded in the collections of J. Paul Getty Museum.

Chronology

  1. 1813Charles Blanc born at Castres.
  2. 1857Les tresors de l'art à Manchester digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1859L'œuvre complet de Rembrandt : catalogue raisonné de toutes les eaux-fortes du maître et de ses peintures (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  4. 1861Histoire des Peintres digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1870Grammaire des arts du dessin : architecture, sculpture, peinture (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  6. 1877Art in ornament and dress. Transl digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1878Les beaux-arts à l'Exposition universelle de 1878 digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1882Charles Blanc died at Paris.
  9. 1894Histoire de la renaissance artistique en Italie, Volume 2 digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Charles Blanc”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1063751: Charles Blanc

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