Thanks !

My sincere thanks go to all the professionals and enthusiasts who have helped me, through their comments and explanations, to appreciate printmaking in general and the work of Auguste Brouet in particular.

Enthusiastic friends and correspondents:

  • Rainer Mordmüller and Zibuntas Miksys (1923-2013), artists and engravers
  • Sofia Maffioli, art historian
  • Elyane de Horne, print dealer
  • Annie Tissier, granddaughter of the artist
  • Christian Haentzler and anonymous amateurs
  • Michel Birnbaum, collector extraordinaire
  • Gérard Jouhet, preeminent expert on prints, Delâtre and all things about Montmartre
  • Michel de Lagrillière, who very kindly gave me access to rich family archives

Among French print professionals:

  • Arsène Bonafous-Murat (1935-2011), print dealer
  • Hélène Bonafous-Murat, expert
  • Pierre Sanchez and Xavier Seydoux, print dealers

In the United States:

  • Roger Howlett, Childs Gallery
  • Karen Shafts and Sinclair Hitchings, Boston Public Library Prints Department

The teams at:

  • Boston Public Library
  • Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Prints Department)
  • Royal Library of Belgium (print department)

Art galleries:

Many galleries offer Auguste Brouet's etchings on their websites, for the enjoyment and admiration of art lovers. I have made good use of much of their information and illustrations: I would like to take this opportunity to thank them!

In France:

  • the Roussard Gallery
  • the Martinez Gallery
  • the Christian Collin Gallery

In the United States:

  • Frederick Baker Gallery
  • Childs Gallery
  • Annex Gallery
  • New England Art Exchange
  • Art of the Print
  • Paramour Fine Arts
  • C&J Goodfriend
  • Brentano's
  • Davidson Gallery
  • Harris Shrank Fine Prints

and in public collections:

  • Pomona College Museum of Art
  • Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (Cornell)
  • Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

Special thanks also go to:

  • Madame Madeleine Amandier, who took numerous photographs, many of which illustrate this catalogue.
  • Pierre Jop for locating the view of Martigues
  • Armand Launay for the views of Pont-de-l'Arche and Les Damps
  • Many other correspondents who have shared their discoveries and knowledge with me over the years.

Software

This site is powered by Providence and Pawtucket software, developed by CollectiveAccess for cataloguing and presenting museum collections to the public, and distributed free of charge. Please feel free to contact me for more information on this subject, for example if you are developing an online catalogue. The semi-supervised translation was enabled by the APIs from DeepL.com and Google.com.

01/01/2026

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