Maurice Sand
Jean -François- Maurice- Arnauld, Baron Dudevant, known as Maurice Sand (* June 30, 1823 in Paris, † September 4, 1889 in Nohant -Vic ), was a French writer and illustrator.
Life
He was the son of Baron Casimir Dudevant and the novelist and feminist George Sand, the pseudonym he took over. After the divorce of his parents, although the father received custody, but he lived mostly with his mother. Even as a child he suffered from rheumatic complaints. 1838/39 was traveling with his mother why he, his younger sister Solange and Frédéric Chopin in Mallorca. Although improved Maurice ` Wanted awareness, but Chopin's tuberculosis worsened.
Sand was a pupil of Eugène Delacroix. In addition to numerous novels sand was primarily known for his large-scale study of the commedia dell'arte Masques et bouffons ( comédie italienne ) ( 1860). His figurines found in German-speaking countries, especially in Karl Rihas work commedia dell'arte use. Sand also dabbled in some other disciplines such as painting, geology and biology.
In 1862 he married Lina Calamatta, a daughter of his friend, with his mother engraver Luigi Calamatta. The couple had two daughters Aurore (1866-1961) and Gabrielle ( 1868-1909 ). One son died in 1864 in childbirth.
Works (selection)
- Callirhoé. LEs Ardentes Éditeurs, Paris, Limoges 2009, ISBN 978-2-917032-14-5 (EA Paris 1863).
- La Fille du sing. Roman humorisque. P. Ollendorff, Paris 1886.
- Le Coq aux cheveux d'or. Librairie Internationale, Paris, 1867.
- L' Augusta. Floury, Paris 1900 ( Paris Nachdr d ed 1872).
- Mademoiselle Azote. André Beauvray. Lévy, Paris, 1870.
- Mademoiselle de Cérignan. Michel Lévy frères, Paris 1874.
- Miss Mary. Michel Lévy frères, Paris 1868.
- Raoul de la Chastre. Aventures de guerre et d' amour. M. Lévy frères, Paris, 1865.
- Catalogue raisonné of lépidoptères du Berry & de l' Auvergne. E. Deyrolle, Paris, 1879.
- George Sand et le Théâtre de Nohant. Les Cent une, Paris 1930.
- Six mille lieues à toute vapeur. Guénégaud, Paris 2000, ISBN 978-2-8502-3098-1 ( Nachdr d ed Paris 1873).
- Le Théâtre des marionettes. Reprint Lafitte, Marseille 1994, ISBN 2-86276-255-5 ( Nachdr d ed Paris 1890).
- L' Atelier d' Eugène Delacroix de 1839 à 1848. Fondation George et Maurice Sand, Paris 1963.
- Masques et bouffons ( comédie italienne ). Levy, Paris 1860 ( 2 vols, Foreword by George Sand ).
- Recueil des principaux types Cree avec leurs costumes sur le théâtre de Nohant. Paris 1846/86 ( 2 vols )
- Le Monde des Papillons. Suivi de " l' Histoire naturelle of Lépidoptères d'Europe " par Alphonse Depuiset. Rothschild, Paris 1867 ( foreword by George Sand ).