en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_B%C3%A9raud
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exhibited his paintings at the Paris Salon for the first time in 1872.
Authoritative museum sources say Béraud's Salon debut was in 1873, not 1872.
Full reasoning
This date is contradicted by multiple museum references. The Musée d'Orsay artist record states: "Elève de Bonnat, il débuta au Salon en 1873" (he debuted at the Salon in 1873). The Louvre's Department of Graphic Arts artist file gives the same date: "Elève de Bonnat, il débuta au Salon en 1873." Those sources support that 1873 was Béraud's first Paris Salon appearance, so the article's date of 1872 is incorrect.
2 sources
- Jean Béraud (6396) | Musée d'Orsay
Commentaire: "Fils de Jean Béraud (sculpteur). Peintre... Elève de Bonnat, il débuta au Salon en 1873."
- BERAUD Jean | Les collections du département des arts graphiques (Louvre)
Biographie: "Peintre. Né à Saint-Petersbourg et mort à Paris. Elève de Bonnat, il débuta au Salon en 1873."
called him "adorable's adversaries" (Le plus charmant des fantaisistes).
This is a mistranslation. Scholarly sources quote Maupassant calling Béraud « le plus charmant des fantaisistes », not "adorable's adversaries."
Full reasoning
The French phrase attributed to Maupassant is attested in scholarship as « le plus charmant des fantaisistes ». That expression means roughly "the most charming of fantasists" (or imaginative painters), not "adorable's adversaries." In other words, the article preserves the French correctly but gives an English rendering that does not match the French at all.
2 sources
- Enquête, Archives de la revue Enquête
"Jean Beraud (1848-1935), peintre de scènes de rue et de sujets mondains, que Maupassant considère comme « le plus charmant des fantaisistes »"
- Jean Béraud - Dictionnaire de l'affaire Dreyfus
The entry identifies Béraud and discusses his career; it also cites contemporary literary judgments on him and confirms the French critical context in which Maupassant praised Béraud.
Salon (Paris)
This is not Béraud's education. Biographical sources say he studied law and then trained with Léon Bonnat; the Paris Salon was an exhibition venue where he showed work.
Full reasoning
Listing "Salon (Paris)" as Béraud's education is misleading. Standard biographies describe his education as law studies followed by artistic training with Léon Bonnat (and, in some accounts, the École des Beaux-Arts). The Paris Salon was the official exhibition where he later debuted, not the school where he was educated.
2 sources
- Jean Béraud - LAROUSSE
"Fils d'un sculpteur, Béraud, après des études de droit, entre en 1870 dans l'atelier de Léon Bonnat. Dès 1873, il expose au Salon."
- Jean Béraud - Dictionnaire de l'affaire Dreyfus
"Jean Béraud vint à Paris en 1870 pour y terminer ses études de droit... Il devint ensuite l'élève de Léon Bonnat et débuta au Salon en 1873."