Léopold FLAMENG Graveur français, né à Bruxelles en 1831, mort à Courgent près Mantes en 1911. Acad. des Beaux-Arts

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Léopold FLAMENG Graveur français, né à Bruxelles en 1831, mort à Courgent près Mantes en 1911. Acad. des Beaux-Arts
Autogr. letter signed to Aimé GIRON Writer, Paris 4 or 5 September 1856. 4pp in-8° - "My dear GIRON. It is as if to hear you say that you are the most unhappy of men that you are watered down with disappointment and disgust by and for the things of this world. Here are the twenty years of today! In my day it was different. We liked women, balls and parties. Our hearts were full of love, faith in ourselves and hope for the future. You reached your goal by working hard, with love. So we arrived laden with works which were immediately brought to light by publicity, applauded and consecrated... Fate is our slave, it is under the yoke of our will.... Isn't Sainte-Beuve very poorly gifted. He has a Chair! And you, my dear Giron, who is so rich, you despair. Come back to Paris very quickly, the countryside makes you sick.... Paris is a bit of blood, life.... La Presse Populaire will soon be published... It's an engraving that will cover the first page and which I hope will make an impression. I put all my care into it. You are the editors... The aim of the newspaper is the instruction of the people, presented in the simplest, most dramatic, most pleasant form possible... The newspaper will be non-political and illustrated with two engravings... "Tell us about the people's jacquery of their childhood..."
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