Joachim Gasquet (31 March 1873 – 6 May 1921) was a French author, poet, and art critic.

Biography

Early life

Joachim Gasquet was born in 1873 in Aix-en-Provence.

Joachim Gasquet

Career

He was an author, poet and art critic. He is best known for his writing about the artists of his era, particularly Paul Cézanne, a friend and business partner.

Joachim Gasquet

His 1921 book, Cézanne, is a testament to the life of the artist, whose work Gasquet had known since an 1895 exhibition at Aix-en-Provence.

Joachim Gasquet

Personal life

He married Marie Gasquet in 1896.

He died in 1921.

Bibliography

Cézanne

Narcisse

Les Printemps

Les Champs de la Foret

Il y a une volupte dans la douleur

Les Bienfaits de la guerre

Les Chants seculaires

Le Bucher secret

L'Arbre et les vents

Tu ne tueras point

Quinze aquarelles de pierre laprade pour les chansons d'arlequin.

References

1873 births

1921 deaths

French biographers

French art critics

French poets

Writers from Aix-en-Provence

French male poets

French male non-fiction writers

Male biographers