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19th-century art critics

72 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Aleksander LesserArtist · PaintingsAleksander Lesser (13 May 1814 – 13 March 1884) was a Polish painter, illustrator, sketch artist, art critic, and amateur researcher of antiquities.
André LhoteEngraver · PrintsAndré Lhote (5 July 1885 – 24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes, and still life.
Angelo de GubernatisAuthor · BooksCount Angelo De Gubernatis (7 April 1840 – 26 February 1913) was an Italian man of letters. He was born in Turin and educated there and in Berlin, where he studied philology.
Arqueles VelaAuthor · BooksArqueles Vela (Guatemala/Tapachula 1899 – Mexico City 1977) was a Mexican writer, journalist and teacher, of Guatemalan origin.
Arthur H. MillierEngraver · PrintsArthur Millier (1893 – March 30, 1975) was a British-born American painter, etcher, printmaker, and art critic. He was the art critic for the Los Angeles Times from 1926 to 1958.
Beatrice HastingsAuthor · BooksBeatrice Hastings was the pen name of Emily Alice Haigh (27 January 1879 – 30 October 1943), an English writer, literary critic, poet and theosophist.
Bernard BerensonAuthor · BooksBernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance.
Berta Zuckerkandl-SzepsAuthor · BooksBerta Zuckerkandl-Szeps (born Bertha Szeps; 13 April 1864 – 16 October 1945) was an Austrian writer, journalist and art critic.
Bogdan PopovićAuthor · BooksBogdan Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Поповић; 20 December 1863 – 7 November 1944) was Serbian university professor, literary critic and academic.
Camille MauclairAuthor · BooksSéverin Faust (December 29, 1872, Paris – April 23, 1945), better known by his pseudonym Camille Mauclair (kamij moklɛʁ), was a French poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, and art…
Camillo BoitoDesigner · DesignCamillo Boito (kaˈmillo ˈbɔito; 30 October 1836 – 28 June 1914) was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist.
Carl SternheimAuthor · BooksCarl Sternheim (born William Adolph Carl Francke; 1 April 1878 – 3 November 1942) was a German playwright and short story writer.
Charles BaudelaireAuthor · BooksCharles-Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic.
Charles BlancAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait by Nadar, c.
Clarence KingAuthor · BooksClarence Rivers King (January 6, 1842 – December 24, 1901) was an American geologist, mountaineer, and author.
Eligiusz NiewiadomskiArtist · PaintingsEligiusz Józef Niewiadomski (1 December 1869 – 31 January 1923) was a Polish modernist painter and art critic who sympathized with the right-wing National Democracy movement.
Émile ZolaAuthor · BooksÉmile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (also; French: [emil zɔla]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary…
Florent FelsPhotographer · PhotographyFerdinand Florent Fels (14 August 1891, Paris – 26 January 1977, Cap-d'Ail) was a French journalist, publisher and author prominent in discussing art in France.
Franz RohPhotographer · PhotographyFranz Roh (21 February 1890 – 30 December 1965), was a German historian, photographer, and art critic.
Giulio Ulisse ArataDesigner · DesignGiulio Ulisse Arata (21 August 1881 – 15 September 1962) was an Italian architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Guillaume ApollinaireAuthor · BooksGuillaume Apollinaire (born Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Aleksander Apolinary Kostrowicki;
Hasan Shaheed SuhrawardyAuthor · BooksHasan Shahid Suhrawardy (24 October 1890 – 3 March 1965), also known as Shahid Suhrawardy, was a Bengali diplomat, translator, poet and art critic.
Isidora SekulićAuthor · BooksIsidora Sekulić (Исидора Секулић, 16 February 1877 – 5 April 1958) was a Serbian writer, novelist, essayist, polyglot and art critic.
Ivan KramskoiArtist · PaintingsIvan Nikolayevich Kramskoi (8 June 1837 – 5 April 1887) was a Russian Realist painter and art critic.
Jac AhrenbergDesigner · DesignJohan Jacob Ahrenberg, usually referred to as Jac (30 March 1847, in Vyborg – 10 October 1914, in Helsinki) was a Finnish architect, writer and artist.
Jacques-Émile BlancheEngraver · PrintsJacques-Émile Blanche (lang; (1 January 1861 – 30 September 1942) was a French artist, largely self-taught, who became a successful portrait painter, working in London and Paris.
James LaverAuthor · BooksJames Laver, CBE, FRSA (14 March 1899 – 3 June 1975) was an English author, critic, art historian, and museum curator who acted as Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings for the Victoria…
Jean MetzingerEngraver · PrintsJean Dominique Antony Metzinger (lang; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the…
Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène GuillaumeArtist · SculpturePhotograph by Eugène Pirou
John RuskinDesigner · DesignJohn Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era.
Josep Llorens i ArtigasArtist · CeramicsJosep Llorens i Artigas (16 June 1892 – 11 December 1980) was a Spanish ceramic artist known for his collaboration with Joan Miró.
Joseph Archer CroweIllustrator · IllustrationSir Joseph Archer Crowe KCMG (25 October 1825, London – 6 September 1896, Gamburg an der Tauber, today Werbach, Germany) was an English journalist, consular official and art historian,…
Karel HlaváčekArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Karel Hlaváček in 1895
Karl WurbsIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Karl Würbs (date unknown)
Kenyon CoxIllustrator · IllustrationKenyon Cox (October 27, 1856 – March 17, 1919) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher.
Laza KostićAuthor · BooksLazar Kostić (Лазар Костић; 12 February 1841 – 27 November 1910) was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, aesthetician, journalist, publicist, and politician.
Leo SteinArtist · PaintingsLeo Stein (May 11, 1872 – July 29, 1947) was an American art collector and critic. He was born in Allegheny City (now in Pittsburgh), the older brother of Gertrude Stein.
Léon Roger-MilèsAuthor · BooksLéon Roger (also known as Léon Roger-Milès or just Roger-Milès; 3 November 1859 – 24 May 1928) was a French lawyer, historian, poet, journalist and art critic.
Léon WerthAuthor · BooksIllustration — Werth in 1914 in a military uniform
Louis AragonAuthor · BooksLouis Aragon (French: [lwi aʁaɡɔ̃]; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France.
Louis AuvrayArtist · SculptureIllustration — Louis Auvray (c.1860)
Louis DellucPerson · Film memorabiliaLouis Delluc (French: [dɛlyk]; 14 October 1890 – 22 March 1924) was an Impressionist French film director, screenwriter and film critic.
Luigi BartoliniEngraver · PrintsLuigi Bartolini (8 February 1892 – 16 May 1963) was an Italian painter, writer, and poet.
Margherita SarfattiAuthor · BooksMargherita Sarfatti (marɡeˈriːta sarˈfatti; Grassini; 8 April 1880 – 30 October 1961) was an Italian journalist, art critic, patron, collector, socialite, and prominent propaganda adviser…
Marion SpielmannAuthor · BooksIllustration — Marion Spielmann painted by John Henry Frederick Bacon.
Maurice DenisArtist · PaintingsMaurice Denis (lang; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer.
Maxime Du CampPhotographer · PhotographyMaxime Du Camp (8 February 1822 – 9 February 1894) was a French writer and photographer.
Mihailo ValtrovićDesigner · DesignMihailo Valtrović (7 September 1839 – 9 September 1915) was a Serbian architect, professor of archeology, one of the first pioneers of art history in Serbia, and key representative of the…
Nadezhda KhvoshchinskayaAuthor · BooksNadezhda Dmitryevna Khvoshchinskaya (May 20, 1821 – June 8, 1889), was a Russian novelist, poet, literary critic and translator. Her married name was Zayonchkovskaya (Зайончковская;
Nicolae TonitzaArtist · PaintingsNicolae Tonitza (nikoˈla.e toˈnit͡sa; April 13, 1886 – February 27, 1940) was a Romanian painter, engraver, lithographer, journalist and art critic.
Norman GarstinArtist · PaintingsNorman Garstin (28 August 1847 – 22 June 1926) was an Irish artist, teacher, art critic and journalist associated with the Newlyn School of painters.
Okakura KakuzōAuthor · Books
Paul NashEngraver · PrintsPaul Nash (11 May 1889 – 11 July 1946) was a British surrealist painter and war artist, as well as a photographer, writer and designer of applied art.
Pedro de MadrazoAuthor · BooksPedro de Madrazo y Kuntz (11 October 1816, Rome - 20 August 1898, Madrid) was a Spanish painter, jurist, writer, translator and art critic.
Pietro D'AchiardiArtist · PaintingsIllustration — The Red Cart
Rastko PetrovićPhotographer · PhotographyAfter serving in the Serbian Army in World War I, he studied law in Paris and became a diplomat. Based at the Yugoslav embassy in Washington, D.C.
Raymond McIntyreArtist · PaintingsRaymond Francis McIntyre (5 February 1879 – 24 September 1933) was a New Zealand artist and art critic, best known for his superb painting and acute awareness of contemporary trends in…
Ricciotto CanudoAuthor · BooksRicciotto Canudo (2 January 1877 – 10 November 1923) was an early Italian film theoretician who lived primarily in France.
Robert M. CoatesAuthor · BooksRobert Myron Coates (April 6, 1897 – February 8, 1973) was an American novelist, short story writer and art critic. He published five novels;
Roberto MelliArtist · SculptureRoberto Melli (1885–1958) was an Italian painter and sculptor to the Scuola Romana, and active in Ferrara and Rome.
Roger FryArtist · PaintingsRoger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 – 9 September 1934) was an English painter and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group.
Santiago Rusiñol i PratsArtist · PaintingsSantiago Rusiñol i Prats (Barcelona 25 February 1861 – Aranjuez 13 June 1931) was a Spanish painter, poet, journalist, collector and playwright.
Serge CharchouneIllustrator · IllustrationSerge Charchoune or Sergey Sharshun was a Russian painter and the first Russian Dada poet.
Stanisław WitkiewiczArtist · PaintingsStanisław Witkiewicz (Stanislovas Vitkevičius; 8 May 1851 – 5 September 1915) was a Polish painter, art theoretician, and amateur architect, known for his creation of "Zakopane Style".
Stella BowenArtist · PaintingsEsther Gwendolyn "Stella" Bowen (16 May 1893 – 30 October 1947) was an Australian artist and writer.
Stéphane MallarméIllustrator · IllustrationÉtienne Mallarmé (18March 18429September 1898), known professionally as Stéphane Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic.
Umberto BoccioniArtist · SculptureUmberto Boccioni (lang; 19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor.
Valentine de Saint-PointArtist · PaintingsValentine de Saint-Point (née Anna Jeanne Valentine Marianne Glans de Cessiat-Vercell;
Vasily SedlyarIllustrator · IllustrationVasyl Teofanovych Sedliar (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Теофанович Седля́р: 12 April 1899, Khristyvka, Myrhorod Raion — 13 July 1937, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian painter, illustrator and art teacher;
Vernon LeeAuthor · BooksViolet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935), known by the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British art historian and writer.
Vespasiano BignamiIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Vespasiano Bignami, photo by Emilio Sommariva
Zacharie AstrucAuthor · BooksZacharie Astruc (23 February 1833 in Angers – 24 May 1907 in Paris) was a French sculptor, painter, poet, and art critic.

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