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Judith Gautier (25 August 1845, Paris – 26 December 1917) was a French poet, translator and historical novelist, the daughter of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi, sister of the noted singer and ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi.
Louise Charlotte Ernestine Gautier, dite Judith Gautier, par son mariage Madame Catulle Mendès, est une femme de lettres française, née le 25 août 1845 à Paris et morte le 26 décembre 1917 à Saint-Énogat.
Judith Gautier, born on August 25, 1845, in Paris, was a French poet, novelist, playwright, and translator who worked with the Chinese and Japanese languages.
May 21, 2018 · Judith Gautier (1845–1917) is best known as muse to Victor Hugo and Richard Wagner. More recently, critics have started crediting her for bringing Asian culture to Parnassian-era Paris in her 1867 translations of Chinese poetry, Le Livre de jade.
- Andrea S. Thomas
- 2018
A portrait of Judith Gautier, a Sinologist and Wagner's muse, by American painter John Singer Sargent. The oil on panel painting is part of The Met's American Wing collection and was executed in 1883.
Dec 12, 2022 · Judith Gautier was an independent woman, sometimes detached from the real world, preferring to live in her imagination. She did mark the spirits of her time, yet without being able to anchor her name in their collective memories.
An Orientalist and France's first female academician, Judith Gautier was the elder daughter of the poet and critic Théophile Gautier and his mistress Ernesta Grisi, an Italian contralto.
