French literary critic, impresario and translator
Louis Viardot
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31 July 1800
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Died
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(1883-05-05)
(aged 82)
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Spouse
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Louis Viardot
(
pronounced
[lwi
vja?.do]
; 31 July 1800 in
Dijon
, France – 5 May 1883 in Paris, France) was a French writer, art historian, art critic, theatrical figure, and translator. As a translator, he mostly contributed to the development of Russian and Spanish literature in France.
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He was the older brother of the artist Leon Viardot (1805?1900).
Biography
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Viardot was born in a provincial family, his father was a liberal lawyer from
Dijon
. His father died early and left his wife with five children in poverty. Viardot had to make his own way. His first job was as a bar trail then he worked as a journalist.
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When Viardot was 18 years old, he left
Dijon
to study law in
Paris
.
When he was in Paris in 1823, he started his job as a journalist. When he was twenty-three years old, he joined the french army and was deployed to Spain, during which the French army restored the monarchy there. He learned Spanish and acquainted himself with the country's history and culture. Subsequently he translated the
Miguel de Cervantes
novel
Don Quixote
into French.
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George Sand and the Viardot family
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Viardot worked for the newspaper
Le Globe
(1828) alongside
Pierre Leroux
, who introduced him to
George Sand
.
In 1836 Viardot, who was already a friend of the artist
Ary Scheffer
, served as the attorney of
Maria Malibran
and managed her affairs. Her marriage with Eugene Malibran was terminated in 1836 with his help.
Maria Malibran
was the oldest sister of his future spouse
Pauline Garcia
(1821-1910). 1836 г.
Pauline Garcia
, sister of
Maria Malibran
, met
George Sand
in 1836. Due to
George Sand
already knowing Louis Viardot, Louis Viardot and his friend
Ary Scheffer
met
Pauline Garcia
, the sister of
Maria Malibran
and future wife of Louis, in 1836.
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In 1838, after a fire destroyed the
second Salle Favart
, the
Theatre-Italien
moved to the
Theatre de l'Odeon
, and Louis served as the director of the theater from 10 November 1838 to 22 February 1840.
[3]
He abandoned the position of director of the Theatre-Italien, to devote himself to the career of his wife, and would follow her on her tours.
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Viardot married
Pauline Garcia
on 16 April 1840. He was twenty-one years older than his wife and loved her until his death.
He had Republican political views, did not believe in God, loved hunting and hunting dogs. He said that he had uttered the words "Long live the king!" only once, when he had received an invitation to a Royal hunt.
[1]
In 1841, Louis Viardot, together with
Pierre Leroux
and
George Sand
, founded the socialist newspaper
La Revue Independante
, which was published for a short period.
Ary Scheffer and the Viardot family
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Scheffer and Viardot were familiar and friendly in the 1830s, before Viardot's marriage. They were friends when Viardot defended the interests of
Maria Malibran
, the sister of his future wife, and
George Sand
during the trial in 1836.
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At one point, Viardot's younger brother, the artist Leon Viardot, studied under Scheffer.
At various times
Maurice Sand
,
Ary Scheffer
,
Charles Gounod
,
Hector Berlioz
were in relationships with
Pauline Viardot
. In their letters they claimed that they were in love with her.
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She wrote in one letter:
Louis and Scheffer have always been my dearest of friends, and it is sad, that I was never able to respond to the hot and deep love of Louis, despite all my volition.
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The "evil tongues" connected the birth of the daughter Claudia (Claudie) in the Viardot family with the name of
Gounod
and said that he was the father of Claudia, who was born on 20 May 1852. The oldest daughter Louise was ten years older than the new born Claudie. Whether
Gounod
is father of Claudie or not remains a mystery.
Scheffer was a confidant of
Pauline Viardot
and a friend of the Viardot family all his life.
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[4]
In 1874, Viardot was paralyzed by a stroke and remained housebound until his death in 1883.
Works
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- Notices sur les principaux peintres de l'Espagne
, Paris, Gavard & Paulin, 1839
- Des origines traditionnelles de la peinture moderne en Italie
, Paris, Paulin, 1840.
- Catalogue des musees d'Italie
, Paris, Paulin, 1842.
- Catalogue des musees d'Espagne, d'Angleterre et de Belgique
, Paris, Paulin, 1843.
- Catalogue des musees d'Allemagne et de Russie
, Paris, Paulin, 1844.
- Aux electeurs de Seine-et-Marne
, Paris, 20 III 1848 (prospectus politique).
- Souvenirs de chasse
, 1846 ; Paris, Paulin & Le Chevalier, 1849, 2e ed. augmentee de 5 chapitres ; 1853, 5e ed. ; 1854, 6e ed. ; 1859, 7e ed. contenant 3 nouveaux chapitres. Reedite chez Pygmalion en 1985 sous l'intitule :
Souvenirs de chasse de toute l'Europe
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- Les Musees d'Europe. Guide et Memento de l'artiste et du voyageur
, 5 volumes
- Musees d'Italie
, Paris, Hachette, 1852, reed. 1859.
- Musees d'Espagne
, Paris, Hachette, 1852, reed. 1855, 1860.
- Musees d'Allemagne
, Paris, Hachette, 1852, reed. 1855, 1860, 1886.
- Musees d'Angleterre, de Belgique, de Hollande et de Russie
, Paris, Hachette, 1852, reed. 1855, 1860.
- Musees de France. Paris
, Paris, Maison, 1855 ; Hachette, 1860, 2e ed. revue & tres augmentee.
- Espagne et Beaux-Arts
, Paris, Hachette, 1866.
- Apologie d'un incredule
, Paris, Lacroix, 1868 ; trad. angl., 1869.
- Les Merveilles de la peinture
, Paris, Hachette, coll. ≪
La Bibliotheque des merveilles
≫, 1868-69 (nombreuses reeditions) ; trad. esp. 1873-74 ; trad. ital. 1875.
- Libre examen
[version tres augmentee de l'
Apologie
, supra], Paris, 1871 ; reeditions 1872, 1874, 1877, 1881, 1907.
- Les Merveilles de la sculpture
, Paris, Hachette, coll. ≪
La Bibliotheque des merveilles
≫, 1869 (nombreuses reeditions, la 4e en 1886) ; trad. esp. 1872.
- La Science et la conscience
, Librairie de la Bibliotheque democratique, 1873
- Reasons for Unbelief
, translated from the French, with the approval of the author, New York, 1896.
References
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Irina Tchaikovsky.
"Полина Виардо: возможность дискуссии"
[Pauline Viardot: the ability to debate].
Neva
(in Russian)
. Retrieved
20 December
2016
– via magazines.russ.ru.
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Некролог Полине Виардо
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[[Nicole
Wild]] (2012).
Dictionnaire des theatres parisiens (1807?1914)
, p. 199.
ISBN
9782914373487
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Barbara Kendall-Davis. The life and work of Pauline Viardot Garsia. Vol. 1 The years of Fame. 1836?1863. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2003, 2004. P. 397.
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