C. J. Bulliet
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C. J. Bulliet | |
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| Born | 16 March 1883 |
| Died | 20 October 1952(aged 69) |
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| Occupation | Writer |
Clarence Joseph Bulliet(March 16, 1883 – October 20, 1952) was an Americanart criticand author.
Bulliet grew up inCorydon, Indianaand graduated in 1904 fromIndiana University Bloomington.For nine years he pursued ajournalismcareer in the city ofIndianapolis.When Robert Mantell, the head of aShakespeareantouring theatrecompany, confessed that he liked Bulliet's theater reviews, Bulliet offered to become his press agent. Bulliet traveled in advance of the company throughout the United States and Canada during a period of nine years, except for one year when he was a regional "advance man"(publicist) forD. W. Griffith'ssilent filmThe Birth of a Nation(1915). After a brief return to newspaper journalism inLouisville, Kentucky,Bulliet moved toChicagoto editMagazine of the Art World,a weekly periodical published by theChicago Evening Post.Art criticismremained his primary occupation even after thePostwas assimilated by theChicago Daily Newsin 1932.
Bulliet played a central role in popularizing of modern art in theMidwestern United States,and in organizing Chicago's independent artists, who felt snubbed by the conservative tastes that dominated theChicago Art Institute.
His first book,Robert Mantell's Romance,was published in 1918. HisApples and Madonnas(1927) gained great popularity as an introduction tomodern art.Venus Castina(1928) was a pioneering work onfemale impersonation.The Courtesan Olympiaexplored relations between artists'modelsandmistresses.His most popular work wasArt Masterpieces of the 1933 Worlds Fair Exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago(1934). His last published book wasThe Significant Moderns and Their Pictures(1936).
He was married to southern Indiana artist Katherine Adams Bulliet; they had one son, Leander Jackson. After the death of his first wife in 1947 he married Catherine Girdler Bulliet. C. J. Bulliet is the grandfather of historianRichard Bulliet.For a time his lover was the painterMacena Barton,[1]who once challenged his assertion that no woman had ever painted a worthwhile nude.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"HJB".Hjbltd.com.Retrieved2017-02-27.
- ^"Macena Barton – Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Macena Barton".Askart.com.Retrieved2017-02-27.
External links
[edit]- C. J. Bulliet papers, ca. 1888-1959at theArchives of American Art
- Works by or about C. J. BullietatInternet Archive
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- 1883 births
- 1952 deaths
- American art critics
- American art historians
- Indiana University Bloomington alumni
- Journalists from Indiana
- American male journalists
- People from Corydon, Indiana
- 20th-century American historians
- 20th-century American male writers
- Writers from Indianapolis
- American male non-fiction writers