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Arsène Houssaye (
March 28,
1815 -
February 26,
1896),
French novelist,
poet and man of letters, was born at
Bruyères (
Aisne), near
Laon. His real surname was Housset.
In
1832 he found his way to
Paris, and in 1836 he published two novels,
La Couronne de bluets and
La Pécheresse. He had many friends in Paris, among them
Jules Janin and
Théophile Gautier, and he wrote in collaboration with
Jules Sandeau. He produced art criticism in
L'Histoire de la peinture flamande et hollandaise (1846); semi-historical sketches in
Mlle de la Vallière et Mme de Montespan (1860) and
Galerie de portraits du XVIII siècle (1844); literary criticism in
Le Roi Voltaire (1858) and his famous satirical
Histoire du quarante et unième fauteuil de l'Académie française (1855); drama in his
Comédiennes (1857); poetry in his
Symphonie de vingt ans (1867),
Cent et un sonnets (1873), etc.; and novels,
Les Filles d'Eve (1852) and many others. He was long editor of
L'Artiste and for some years was editor and proprietor of
La Presse.
In 1849, through the influence of
Rachel, he was entrusted with the administration of the
Theâtre Français, a position he filled with unfailing tact and success until 1859, when he was made inspector-general of works of art.
His
Confessions, souvenirs d'un demi-siècle appeared in 1885-1891. See also
J Lemaître,
Arsène Houssaye (1897), with a bibliography.
His son
Henry was a noted historian.
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