Eugène Lemercier Diary,

1910 July 29 to 1914 November 15.

pages 110-111 poem; pages 111-116 essay on his conceptions of the relation between art and society; pages 116-117 letter; pages 117-123 poems (p. 122 mentions "chevalier Gluck bois sacré" [act 1 of the opera "Iphigénie en Tauride", 1778-9, by German composer Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck, is set in a sacred wood]); pages 123-125 gives his views on Edouard Schuré's "The Great Initiates" (1889); pages 125-131 gives his views on Maurice Maeterlinck's "Wisdom and Destiny" (1898)and mentions Spinoza, Emily Bronte, and Anatole France; page 132 discusses "Pensées d'un étudiant japonais" about the nature of the soul; page 133 mentions [Honoré de] Balzac and Spinoza; pages 134-144 poems making references to Haendel (p. 140), Maeterlinck (p. 142)and Elisabeth de Bavière, some concern his emotions, water, and the soul; pages 144-147 descriptions and reflections about the wind, the sun, the sky and nature in general. These might be painting notes as the descriptions of landscapes and elements are highly visual; pages 147-157 poems (including some to a woman and one about All Saints' Day); pages 157-158 reflections (about his melancholy and weakness); pages 158-159 poems (about solitude and about Versailles); pages 160-162 reflections (about love and art; comparisons between the person who loves and the artist; mentions Marcus Aurelius); page 162 poem; page 163 reflections (mentions a painting of Eve with a beard and St Augustus); pages 163-165 poem; pages 165-167 comments about Bergson's "Matière et Mémoire" [Matter and Memory (1896)] with references to Aristotles' Ethics, draws conclusions from this for his art and describes his visual impressions; pages 167-168 poem (about his lost love); page 168 reflections; pages 168-177 poems (including one by his friend Charles Rapp entitled "le destin", p. 171) [Charles Rapp, painter 1883-1938]; pages 177-178 paragraphs crossed over and illegible; pages 178-180 poems; pages 180-192 reflections (about life and suffering, his state of mind and his next work, his career in three phases, the mountains, churches. There is a sketch of the branch of a tree under the writing p. 182. Mentions Anatole France and gives a long quote from [French philosopher Henri] Bergson about art, reality, idealism and human perception. Gives his reflections about his relationship to people and his art); page 192 paragraphs crossed over; page 193 poem; pages 193-4 reflection (about idleness); page 194-195 comments about [French author] James Darmesteter's "Les Prophètes d'Israël" (1892), makes a parallel with Spinoza ( his monism) and discusses what art ought to be; pages 196-197 (pages are no longer numbered from this point)poem dated 10 July 1914; page 197 poem/prayer dated 15 November 1914.

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Main Creator: Lemercier, Eugène Emmanuel, 1886-1915
Format: Manuscript
Language:French
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Notes:His name and address, "233 Faubourg St Honoré", are handwritten on page iv.

Enclosed in the journal were loose items listed in the Miscellanea (MS 8,751/4).

The pages have been numbered starting at 106.

Physical description: 1 item (67 pages), 22 x 17 cm.

Citations/References: Some of the entries have been published amongst the correspondence in Lettres d'un soldat (août 1914-avril 1915) : Préface de André Chevrillon / [Eugène Lemercier]. Paris : Librairie Chapelot, 1916.

Citations/References: More entries were published in 1924 and have been republished in 2005 and 2013 in Lettres d'un soldat (août 1914-avril 1915) : Présentées par Bernard Giovanangeli / Eugène Emmanuel Lemercier. Paris : Bernard Giovanangeli Editeur, 2013. p. 169-177.

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Eugène Lemercier Diary,

1910 July 29 to 1914 November 15.
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Lemercier Papers, 1910-1925
Description:pages 110-111 poem; pages 111-116 essay on his conceptions of the relation between art and society; pages 116-117 letter; pages 117-123 poems (p. 122 mentions "chevalier Gluck bois sacré" [act 1 of the opera "Iphigénie en Tauride", 1778-9, by German composer Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck, is set in a sacred wood]); pages 123-125 gives his views on Edouard Schuré's "The Great Initiates" (1889); pages 125-131 gives his views on Maurice Maeterlinck's "Wisdom and Destiny" (1898)and mentions Spinoza, Emily Bronte, and Anatole France; page 132 discusses "Pensées d'un étudiant japonais" about the nature of the soul; page 133 mentions [Honoré de] Balzac and Spinoza; pages 134-144 poems making references to Haendel (p. 140), Maeterlinck (p. 142)and Elisabeth de Bavière, some concern his emotions, water, and the soul; pages 144-147 descriptions and reflections about the wind, the sun, the sky and nature in general. These might be painting notes as the descriptions of landscapes and elements are highly visual; pages 147-157 poems (including some to a woman and one about All Saints' Day); pages 157-158 reflections (about his melancholy and weakness); pages 158-159 poems (about solitude and about Versailles); pages 160-162 reflections (about love and art; comparisons between the person who loves and the artist; mentions Marcus Aurelius); page 162 poem; page 163 reflections (mentions a painting of Eve with a beard and St Augustus); pages 163-165 poem; pages 165-167 comments about Bergson's "Matière et Mémoire" [Matter and Memory (1896)] with references to Aristotles' Ethics, draws conclusions from this for his art and describes his visual impressions; pages 167-168 poem (about his lost love); page 168 reflections; pages 168-177 poems (including one by his friend Charles Rapp entitled "le destin", p. 171) [Charles Rapp, painter 1883-1938]; pages 177-178 paragraphs crossed over and illegible; pages 178-180 poems; pages 180-192 reflections (about life and suffering, his state of mind and his next work, his career in three phases, the mountains, churches. There is a sketch of the branch of a tree under the writing p. 182. Mentions Anatole France and gives a long quote from [French philosopher Henri] Bergson about art, reality, idealism and human perception. Gives his reflections about his relationship to people and his art); page 192 paragraphs crossed over; page 193 poem; pages 193-4 reflection (about idleness); page 194-195 comments about [French author] James Darmesteter's "Les Prophètes d'Israël" (1892), makes a parallel with Spinoza ( his monism) and discusses what art ought to be; pages 196-197 (pages are no longer numbered from this point)poem dated 10 July 1914; page 197 poem/prayer dated 15 November 1914.
Main Creator: Lemercier, Eugène Emmanuel, 1886-1915
Language:French
Extent:1 item (67 pages), 22 x 17 cm.
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 8,751/3/1 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.