Nadar (1820-1910), Portrait of Émile Zola, 19th century

Nadar (1820-1910)
Portrait of Émile Zola (1840-1902)
Dedication by Émile Zola
Photograph
19th century
Circa 1870
Framed: H. 58 - W. 43.5
Visual: H. 29.5 - W. 17 cm

"A WORK OF ART IS A CORNER OF NATURE, SEEN THROUGH A TEMPERAMENT"

BIOGRAPHY:
Émile Zola was a French writer and journalist born in Paris on April 2, 1840, and died in the same city on September 29, 1902.
After spending his childhood in Aix-en-Provence, he moved to Paris in 1858.
He took a job as a clerk at Hachette publishing house in 1862, after failing his baccalaureate twice, and then became head of Advertising.
"Contes à Ninon" was his first book, published in 1864, but it failed to make a lasting impression.
He remained with Hachette until 1866.
That same year, he published his first columns in the press.
In 1876, he became a leader of the Naturalists, a literary and artistic movement that aimed to objectively reproduce reality.
He is one of the most popular French novelists; one of the most published, translated, and commented on in the world. His novels have been adapted for film and television numerous times, but his work and life have also been the subject of numerous studies.
Literally, he is best known for his twenty-volume romantic epic, which depicts French society during the Second Empire through the story of a family, "Les Rougon Macquart."
The last years of his life were marked by his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
In 1898, he published an article entitled "J'accuse" in the daily newspaper L'Aurore.
This article drew him into a libel trial and forced him into exile in London that same year.

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