Louis Edmond Duranty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Edmond Duranty

French novelist and art critic

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1833

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1880

Profession: writer, journalist, art critic

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Louis Edmond Duranty (6 June 1833 – 9 April 1880) was a prolific French novelist and art critic.Duranty supported the realist cause and later the Impressionists.
He was challenged to a duel in 1870 by Édouard Manet over an affront.
He was a friend of Edgar Degas, who painted a celebrated portrait of him in 1879 (Burrell Collection, Glasgow).
He was a frequent visitor to the Café Guerbois.
Also the author of The New Painting. Duranty adopted 'truth' as the slogan of his short-lived journal Réalisme (1856–57), and in the second volume he composed principles of realism.



Alternative names	Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas
Description	French painter, sculptor, poet, engraver and photographer
Date of birth/death	19 July 1834	27 September 1917
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q46373 VIAF: 41863744 ISNI: 0000 0001 2129 7200 ULAN: 500115194 LCCN: n79022903 NLA: 35034568 WorldCat