Mon portrait par Bonnat : imaginaire scénique de l’homme politique républicain
A Portrait by Léon Bonnat. Republican politicians on stage
Author(s): Florence FixSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: French Third Republic; Bonnat; Feydeau; Mirbeau; Official Portraits
Summary/Abstract: Before World War 1, French painter Léon Bonnat became famous by portraying celebrities, among which almost every leading politician in the newly founded Republic. His academic and dark style however was criticized by art critics and humourists; hence his portraits put on stage in character comedies have to be read as critics of the very people they represent and of himself as an official artist.
Journal: Quêtes littéraires
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 89-97
- Page Count: 9
- Language: French