Article ID: CBB312693363

Pasteur’s lifelong engagement with the fine arts: uncovering a scientist’s passion and personality (2021)

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The French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) chose to be actively engaged in the fine arts throughout his life—yet scholarship has ignored or dismissed these pursuits. This empirical study documents his unknown, but deep involvement with art and artists from age thirteen until his death. This was no casual pastime. Art animated Pasteur. It was also at times useful to him for making political statements, cultivating status, and supporting loyal friends. This account identifies nearly twenty significant friendships with painters and sculptors and uncovers over thirty other artists with whom his associations deserve examination. The narrative suggests points at which art was especially germane to his scientific career and possible junctures that merit further research. Evidence from his artistic friendships also corrects the common picture of Pasteur as a dour workaholic who never laughed or smiled.

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Authors & Contributors
Weisberg, Richard E.
Hansen, Bert
Picozzi, Mario
Antonio Piccolomini d'Aragona
Nicoli, Federico
Bourel, Line
Concepts
Biographies
Personality of the scientist
Science and art
Chemistry
Social networks
Medical chemistry
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
France
Netherlands
United States
Russia
Germany
Europe
Institutions
Vienna. Naturhistorisches Museum
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna
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