Emmanuel Bénézit | Benezit Dictionary of Artists | Charles Bénézit | Emmanuel-Charles Bénézit |
First published in the French language in three volumes between 1911 and 1923, the dictionary was put together by Emmanuel Bénézit (1854-1920) and a team of international specialists with assistance from his son the painter Emmanuel-Charles Bénézit (1887-1975), and daughter Marguerite Bénézit.
Charles Emmanuel Bénézit (Jersey, 1854-Paris, 1920) was a French gallery owner, collector, art historian and editor of the Benezit Dictionary of Artists.
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Bénézit was born on Jersey, where his father the musician Charles Bénézit, like Hugo, was exiled.
Emmanuel-Charles Bénézit (1887-Hyères, 1975) was a French painter and art curator.
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He was the son of Dr. Charles-Emmanuel Bénézit (1854-1920) the art gallery owner and founder of the Bénézit Dictionary.
At the time of his death he was considered a "prodigy", in the words of Bénézit’s Dictionnaire (see Bibliography).