Paul Mantz

Overview

Paul Mantz (1821–1895), French art critic and historian, art critic of Le Temps and director of the Beaux-Arts in 1882 (en.wikipedia «Paul Mantz»). Marie calls him «ce grand critique».

Relevance to Marie

At the Salon of 1884, word reaches Marie through the Abbema family that he admires her Meeting: «Mme Abbema qui me dit que son beau-frère M. Paul Mantz (du Temps, vous savez bien) me trouve beaucoup de talent», and his daughter is introduced to say the same (104.0186); «Abbema et la fille de Paul Mantz en me disant ce que ce grand critique pense de moi» (104.0187); Mme Gaillard is «dans l'enthousiasme de ce que M. Paul Mantz lui a dit de moi» (104.0217).