Georges charpentier biography

French publisher and journalist

Georges Charpentier (December 22, 1846 - November 15, 1905) was a 19th-century French publisher who became known as a champion of naturalist writers, especially Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, and Guy de Maupassant.

He also promoted Impressionist painters and together with his wife, Marguerite Charpentier, built a small but significant art collection.

Publishing house

Georges Charpentier was the son of Gervais Charpentier, a French bookseller and publisher.^[1] After spending a few years a journalist,^[2] he took over his father's publishing house, Bibliothèque Charpentier, in 1872 and began to publish adventurous contemporary authors, especially those known as proponents of naturalism.^[3][1] Besides Zola, Flaubert, and de Maupassant, Georges Lucas list included Joris-Karl Huysmans, Edmond de Goncourt, and (continuing from his father's day) Théophile Gautier.^[3][1]