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Charles Morice
1861–1919
A lively voice in French Symbolism, he wrote poetry, essays, and criticism while helping define the movement's ideas in late 19th-century Paris. He is also remembered for his close connection to artists such as Paul Gauguin and for writing about literature with conviction and flair.
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Noa Noa
by Paul Gauguin, Charles Morice
About the author
Born in Saint-Étienne on May 15, 1860, Charles Morice was a French writer, poet, and essayist. He became one of the notable intellectual figures around the Symbolist movement, combining creative work with literary criticism and cultural commentary.
Morice is especially associated with Symbolism's early development in the 1880s. Reference works describe him as one of the movement's main theorists, and he is noted for working alongside Jean Moréas at the time of the 1886 Symbolist manifesto. His writing ranged across poetry, essays, criticism, and theater, showing how seriously he took the relationship between art and ideas.
He also wrote on painting and is closely linked with the artistic world of his time, including Paul Gauguin, on whom he published a book. Morice died in Menton on March 18, 1919. Although he is less widely read today than some of his contemporaries, he remains an important guide to the ambitions and debates of French Symbolism.