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Gustave Coquiot
1865–1926
A lively voice from the Paris art world, he wrote about painters with the kind of closeness that comes from knowing the scene from the inside. His books carry readers into the world of Rodin, Van Gogh, Cézanne, and Montmartre at a moment when modern art was taking shape.
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Paul Cézanne
by Gustave Coquiot
Rodin à l'hotel de Biron et à Meudon
by Gustave Coquiot
Lautrec; ou, Quinze ans de mœurs Parisiennes, 1885-1900
by Gustave Coquiot
About the author
Gustave Coquiot was a French art critic and writer, born on September 24, 1865, in Puits, Côte-d'Or, and died in Paris on June 6, 1926. Reliable sources describe him as both a critic and an author, and also note that he served as one of Auguste Rodin's secretaries.
He is especially remembered for his connection to the artists of his time. Sources note that he collected paintings by Maurice Utrillo, and his published work included books on figures such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, and Rodin. That background gives his writing a direct, eyewitness quality: he was not just studying the art world from afar, but moving within it.
Coquiot is a good author to pick up if you enjoy art writing that feels close to real people, places, and creative lives. His work offers a window onto French artistic culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially the vibrant Paris scene around modern painting and sculpture.