Albert de Saint-Albin

Albert de Saint-Albin (1843 in Paris – 18 Decembre 1901 in Paris) was an 19th-century French playwright, journalist, chansonnier and librettist.

Biography

A journalist at Le Temps, chief editor of the Jockey (1866) and the Le Figaro (1880), he was known as a sports columnist under the pseudonym Robert Milton and was a great promoter of fencing.[1]

His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.

Moreover, Saint-Albin was a great collector of paintings by Eugène Boudin of which he owned a dozen works[2] and by Gustave Moreau.[3]

Works

Theatre

Sport

Songs

Bibliography

References

  1. Baron de Vaux, Les hommes d'épée, 1882, p.45
  2. See: Rudolf Koella, Eugène Boudin (1824-1898): à l'aube de l’impressionnisme, 2000, p.129 and Laurent Manœuvre, Eugène Boudin, Limoges, Musée municipal de l'Évêché, 1er juillet – 31 août 1989, catalogue d’exposition, p.18
  3. Edmond de Goncourt, L'art du XVIIIe siècle, 1901, p.176

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