Antonin Proust (1832 - 1905)
Birth
1832, Niort, Deux-Sèvres (79), France
Death
1905, Paris, Paris (75), France
Nationality
France
Sesso
Genre
Homme
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Documentary resources
Consultation location :
Orsay Museum, documentation department
Sezione :
peinture; documentation personnalités
Practical information
Library
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Antonin Proust est un journaliste et homme politique français, artiste, critique d'art, collectionneur, commissaire d'expositions, connu pour avoir été le premier « ministre de la Culture » de la République, en qualité d'éphémère ministre des Arts - fonction créée par Léon Gambetta.