Léon Roger (also known as Léon Roger-Milès or just Roger-Milès; 3 November 1859 – 24 May 1928)[1] was a French lawyer, historian, poet, journalist and art critic.
Biography
editBorn in Paris,[2] Roger-Milès was a professor at Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour from 1879 to 1887. From 1887 to 1899, he was an advocate in the cour d'appel.
From 1878, he also directed Le Parnasse and founded the review Le Monde poétique (1884–1888), of which he was also the director. As a journalist, he wrote for Le Figaro illustré, L'Eclair, Le Temps, Le Courrier français, le Soir, le Gaulois, L'Evènement, Efimeris ton Athinon, Le Journal du grand monde, La Semaine de Paris, La Revue des Deux Mondes,[1] and Le Cousin Pons (revue d'art).[3]
His book Les Heures d'une Parisienne (1890) includes the titular short novel together with Pures et Impures, a collection of 21 stories. The story "Une Vision d'Allori" is dedicated to the painter Gabriel Guay, who provided the book's cover art.[4]
In his 1923 book, Leonard de Vinci et les Jocondes, Roger-Milès argues that Leonardo actually painted at least two versions of the Mona Lisa, including one done for Francesco del Giocondo, and another for Giuliano de' Medici.[5]
He died in Golfe-Juan.[2]
Distinctions
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- Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (16 August 1900)
References
edit- ^ a b Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, institut rattaché à l’École nationale des chartes (ed.). "ROGER Léon Octave Jean dit ROGER-MILÈS". cths.fr. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ a b Jules Abel Comte; Jean de Foville; André Dezarrois (1928). "Annonce de décès". La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. 54 (297). imprimerie Georges Petit. — Mort ... — de notre excellent confrère L. Roger-Milès.
- ^ "Documents disponibles écrits par Léon Roger-Milès (1859-1928)". musee-rodin.bibli.fr. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Léon Roger-Milès (1890). "Les Heures d'une Parisienne". gallica.bnf.fr/.
- ^ Christian Gálvez, Gioconda descodificada: Retrato de la mujer del Renacimiento (2019), p. 195.