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Champfleury
Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson (17 September 1821, Laon, Aisne – 6 December 1889, Sèvres), who wrote under the name Champfleury, was a French art critic and novelist, a prominent supporter of the Realist movement in painting and fiction.
In 1843 Fleury-Husson moved to Paris. He met Charles Baudelaire and the next year started writing art criticism under the pen-name "Champfleury" for the journal "L'Artiste". He was one of the first to promote the work of Gustave
the corresponding character Marcello in Puccini's opera based on it, was partially based on Champfleury. Champfleury was a friend of Murger and they had roomed together for a time.
Selected publications.
- Troubat, "Souvenirs sur Champfleury et le Réalisme" (Paris, 1905)
External links.
- "Champfleury, Jules (1821-1889)" in Bérose Encyclopaedia