Zacharie Astruc
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Portrait Zacharie Astruc
Kunsthalle Bremen
Zacharie Astruc (Angers, 1833-Paris, 1907) was a sculptor, painter and art critic. He was interested in the cultural life of the second half of the 19th century, and participated in the first Impressionist exhibition and also in the Exposition Universelle of 1900. He was a defender of Courbet, and was one of the first to recognize the talent of Pissarro and Manet. He also defended Monet, Fantin-Latour et Alphonse Legros. He appears in the famous painting of Henri Fantin-Latour Un atelier aux Batignolles -- he is seated next to Manet.
Astruc helped to promote a widespread revival of interest in El Greco's paintings.[1] Astruc was also a specialist of the Japanese art.
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- ^ J. Russel, Seeing The Art Of El Greco As Never Before

