About 60 results for ‘Honoré de Balzac’
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Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multifaceted characters, who are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. His writing influenced many subsequent novelists such as Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gustave Flaubert, Marie Corelli, Henry James, William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac, and Italo Calvino, and philosophers such as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. Many of Balzac's works have been made into or have inspired films, and they are a continuing source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and critics. An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac had trouble adapting to the teaching style of his grammar school. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. When he finished school, Balzac was an apprentice in a law office, but he turned his back on the study of law after wearying of its inhumanity and banal routine. Before and during his career as a writer, he attempted to be a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician; he failed in all of these efforts. La Comédie Humaine reflects his real-life difficulties, and includes scenes from his own experience. Balzac suffered from health problems throughout his life, possibly due to his intense writing schedule. His relationship with his family was often strained by financial and personal difficulties, and he ended several friendships over critical reviews. In 1850 he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime love; he died five months later. French literature By category French literary history Medieval 16th century · 17th century 18th century · 19th century 20th century · Contemporary French writers Chronological list Writers by category Novelists · Playwrights Poets · Essayists Short story writers Portals France · Literature vte
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
ETUDE POUR LE BALZAC NU ET CATHEDRALE GOTHIQUE
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cathedral
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Middle Ages
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
QUATRE ETUDES POUR LE BALZAC NU ET FACADE DE L'EGLISE SAI...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
ETUDE POUR LE BALZAC, PERSONNAGE DRAPE
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
ETUDE D'APRES LE BALZAC
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis Boulanger
HONORE DE BALZAC (1799-1850)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, TETE DE L'ETUDE DE NU TYPE C
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
TETE DE BALZAC, D'APRES UN PORTRAIT DE DEVERIA
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Moustache
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, ETUDE DE NU DIT ATHLETE
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Muscle
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- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, ETUDE DE NU TYPE C
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
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- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC MONUMENTAL
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Overcoat
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, ESQUISSE DU PERSONNAGE EN PIED, VENTRE EN AVANT, ...
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
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- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, ETUDE DE NU A
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crus (lower leg)
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
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- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, ETUDE DE NU B
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
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- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, ESQUISSE DU NU B, COUPE AUX GENOUX, MAINS JOINTES...
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Hand
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Prehensility
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, TETE, TYPE I
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, TETE H
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, TETE MONUMENTALE
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, ETUDE DE TETE
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, MASQUE SOURIANT
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Portrait
- Smile
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, ETUDE DE NU B, SANS TETE
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Hand
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Prehensility
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
BALZAC, DERNIERE ETUDE
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Overcoat
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Henri Chapu
MONUMENT A BALZAC (1799-1850)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Seat
- Sitting
- Upper limb
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- 19th century
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Portrait d'Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Alexandre Falguière
Buste de Balzac ; Balzac
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Le Mariage de Balzac, Le Livre des 400 auteurs, page 10 ;...
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- Field(s):
- Printing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Caricature
- Honoré de Balzac
- Marriage
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Honoré de Balzac
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Médaillon de profil d'Honoré de Balzac
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Moulage de la main de Balzac
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Hand
- Honoré de Balzac
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Alexandre Falguière
Balzac assis, reproduction réduite de la statue en pierre
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Honoré de Balzac
- Portrait
- Sitting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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