The present account combines substantial new discoveries with material from those articles into a comprehensive narrative for his whole life. Footnote 1 And in the mass of publications on Pasteur, one would search in vain for sustained scholarly research into his relationship to the fine arts prior to three specialized articles I published in 20. Yet his rich and gratifying relationships with artists, reviewers, patrons, and journalists have been ignored or dismissed by his biographers. He loved to socialize with artists, and he made time to call on them in their studios and to visit art exhibits with them even with a very busy life. Throughout his career, the closest friends with whom he spent informal time over supper at home were painters and sculptors. This study brings to light the multiplicity of Pasteur’s personal connections with works of art and with people in the fine arts. He found success in art before he found it in science. Pasteur loved art before he loved science. The familiar picture of Louis Pasteur is remarkably incomplete for a figure of such historical influence.
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