Armand Dayot
Encyclopedia
Armand Dayot, was a French art critic
, art historian and leftist politician. He was born in Paimpol
, Côtes-d'Armor
, Brittany. He founded the journal L'Art et les artistes and the Breton liberal organisation les Bleus de Bretagne
.
He became successively the head of the prefecture of Oran
, head of the Ministry of Arts in the cabinet of Léon Gambetta
, and inspector general
of the Ministry of Fine Arts.
In Brittany
he was the principal force behind the Bleus de Bretagne, which promoted modern pro-liberal thought in the province. Dayot's principal contribution was to organise the creation of statues to revolutionaries and freethinkers.
Dayot's thinking on the relationship between the arts and politics was deeply influenced by the work of John Ruskin
and William Morris
.
Art critic
An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
, art historian and leftist politician. He was born in Paimpol
Paimpol
Paimpol is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.It is a tourist destination, especially during the summer months when people are attracted by its port and beaches.-Population:...
, Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.-History:Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to...
, Brittany. He founded the journal L'Art et les artistes and the Breton liberal organisation les Bleus de Bretagne
Bleus de Bretagne
The Ligue des bleus de Bretagne was a liberal organisation in Brittany founded in 1899, dedicated to promoting the ideals of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution in Brittany, and combating the influence of the aristocracy and clergy...
.
He became successively the head of the prefecture of Oran
Oran
Oran is a major city on the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Algeria, and the second largest city of the country.It is the capital of the Oran Province . The city has a population of 759,645 , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second largest...
, head of the Ministry of Arts in the cabinet of Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta was a French statesman prominent after the Franco-Prussian War.-Youth and education:He is said to have inherited his vigour and eloquence from his father, a Genovese grocer who had married a Frenchwoman named Massabie. At the age of fifteen, Gambetta lost the sight of his right eye...
, and inspector general
Inspector General
An Inspector General is an investigative official in a civil or military organization. The plural of the term is Inspectors General.-Bangladesh:...
of the Ministry of Fine Arts.
In Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
he was the principal force behind the Bleus de Bretagne, which promoted modern pro-liberal thought in the province. Dayot's principal contribution was to organise the creation of statues to revolutionaries and freethinkers.
Dayot's thinking on the relationship between the arts and politics was deeply influenced by the work of John Ruskin
John Ruskin
John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political...
and William Morris
William Morris
William Morris 24 March 18343 October 1896 was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement...
.
Works
- Salon de 1884. Cent planches en photogravures, par Goupil et Cie (1884)
- Croquis de voyage, Italie, Espagne, Portugal (1887)
- Les Maîtres de la caricature française au XIXe siècle (1888)
- L'Aventure de Briscart (1888)
- Un siècle d'art, notes sur la peinture française à l'Exposition centennale des beaux-arts, suivies du catalogue complet des œuvres exposées (1890)
- Le Salon de 1890. Cent planches en photogravure et à l'eau-forte, par Goupil et Cie (1890)
- Salon illustré. Société des artistes français et Société nationale des beaux-arts (1891-1892)
- Raffet et son œuvre, 100 compositions lithographiques, peintures à l'huile, aquarelles, sépias et dessins inédits (1892)
- Charlet et son œuvre, par Armand Dayot, 118 compositions lithographiques, peintures à l'huile, aquarelles, sépias et dessins inédits (1893)
- Napoléon raconté par l'image, d'après les sculpteurs, les graveurs et les peintres (1895)
- La Révolution française : Constituante, Législative, Convention, Directoire, d'après des peintures, sculptures, gravures, médailles, objets du temps (1896-1897)
- Journées révolutionnaires, 1830-1848, d'après des peintures, sculptures, dessins, lithographies, médailles, autographes, objets du temps (1897)
- Le Long des routes, récits et impressions (1897) Online text
- Les Vernet : Joseph, Carle, Horace (1898)
- L'Image de la femme depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à nos jours (1899)
- Le Second Empire, 2 décembre 1851-4 septembre 1870, d'après des peintures, gravures, photographies, sculptures, dessins, médailles autographes, objets du temps (1900)
- Histoire contemporaine par l'image, d'après les documents du temps, 1789-1872 (1905)
- Le Vertige de la beauté. 72 compositions de Charles Jouas, gravées sur bois par Eugène Dété (1906)
- La Peinture anglaise, de ses origines à nos jours (1908)
- Napoléon. Illustrations d'après des peintures, sculptures, gravures, objets du temps (1908)
- Louis XIV. Illustrations d'après des peintures, sculptures, gravures, objets du temps (1909)
- Grands et petits maîtres hollandais (1912)
- Histoire générale de la peinture (2 volumes, 1917)
- Carle Vernet, étude sur l'artiste, suivie d'un catalogue de l'œuvre gravé et lithographié et du catalogue de l'exposition rétrospective de 1925 (1925)
- Josuah Reynolds, peintre et esthéticien (1930)
- L'Heureuse Traversée (1933)
- L'Invasion, Le siège, la Commune. 1870-1871. D'après des peintures, gravures, photographies, sculptures, médailles autographes, objets du temps (s. d.) Réédition : Tristan Mage, 2003
- La Folie du Comte Lucius (s. d.)
- La Restauration (Louis XVIII-Charles X) d'après l'image du temps (s. d.)
- Le Moyen Âge. La Gaule Romaine. Les Invasions. La France féodale. La Royauté (s. d.)
- De la Régence à la Révolution, la vie française au XVIIIe siècle (s. d.)
- J.-B. Siméon Chardin. Avec un catalogue complet de l'œuvre du maître, par Jean Guiffrey (s. d.)