Description: Three letters from the painter and sculptor Aimé Millet to a journalist. Three letters from the painter and sculptor Aimé Millet to a journalist. Document type : signed autograph letters Number of documents: 3 - Number of pages: 8 - Size: In-8 Place : Without Date : 06/25/1861, 05/01/1884 and sd RECIPIENT : a journalist, probably Henry Fouquier (1838-1901). State : Marginal folds, very slightly insolated. With these three letters addressed to a journalist and forming a remarkable testimony to the artists' relations with the press, the painter and sculptor Aimé Millet demonstrates great honesty: "I won't hide from you that I was a little annoyed by reading your appreciation of the sculpture in the previous day's issue [of L'Opinion nationale], of not finding at least my name there. And for a bit, I was going to find you in very bad taste. But the next day's article came to take me out of this mistake of a moment to put me back in my old opinion. He also sends him a copy of the catalog raisonné that he has drawn up of his work: "You were kind enough to dedicate a few lines to me in your review of sculpture and I authorize myself to send you this catalog which will tell you perhaps I am not wholly unworthy of your kind attention.” And even if he constantly takes care to spare the susceptibilities of his correspondent, he gives his opinion, in particular in a debate opposing certain artists to the Administration of Fine Arts: "I take up the collective "we" and then assure you that we We have never intended to deny the State the right, and perhaps even the duty, to make its exhibition either triennial or five-yearly. The question is not to mix the colors, can say a sculptor. Included: a business card signed by Aimé Millet with three autograph lines as well as an original photograph (approximately 58 x 42 mm) representing the artist, laminated on paper. One of the letters was written on blue laid paper bearing the artist's monogram (dry stamp). Aimee Millet (Paris, 1819/1891)Painter, he is also a sculptor and medallist. Trained at the Royal School of Drawing and the National School of Fine Arts, he carried out numerous official commissions for the Paris Opera, the Universal Exhibition or the French State. His sculpture of Apollo crowns the Paris Opera. Fixed costs: same costs for all buyers Services Shipping time: 1 business day Insurance: included in shipping costs Excluded locations: No locations are excluded Payment Payment methods accepted: Bank check Contact us for any questions. With these three letters addressed to a journalist and forming a remarkable testimony to the artists' relations with the press, the painter and sculptor Aimé Millet demonstrates great honesty: "I won't hide from you that I was a little annoyed by reading your appreciation of the sculpture in the previous day's issue [of L'Opinion nationale], of not finding at least my name there. And for a bit, I was going to find you in very bad taste. But the next day's article came to take me out of this mistake of a moment to put me back in my old opinion. He also sends him a copy of the catalog raisonné that he has drawn up of his work: "You were kind enough to dedicate a few lines to me in your review of sculpture and I authorize myself to send you this catalog which will tell you perhaps I am not wh
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