page_title: Louis Viardot
section_title: George Sand and Viardot family
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Viardot / Biography / George Sand and Viardot family
caption_attribution_description: Портрет певицы Полины Виардо. 1830-ые г.г
context_page_description: Louis Viardot was a French writer, art historian, art critic, theatrical figure, and translator. As a translator, he mostly contributed to the development of Russian and Spanish literature in France.
context_section_description: Viardot worked for the newspaper Le Globe (1828) alongside Pierre Leroux, who introduced him to George Sand.
  In 1836 Viardot, who was already a friend of the artist Ary Scheffer, served as the attorney of Maria Malibran and managed her affairs. Her marriage with Eugene Malibran was terminated in 1836 with his help. Maria Malibran was the oldest sister of his future spouse Pauline Garcia (1821-1910). 1836 г. Pauline Garcia, sister of Maria Malibran, met George Sand in 1836. Due to George Sand already knowing Louis Viardot, Louis Viardot and his friend Ary Scheffer met Pauline Garcia, the sister of Maria Malibran and future wife of Louis, in 1836.
  In 1838, after the fire in the Théâtre italien in Paris (Salle Favare), Louis together with Robert, served as the  director of the theater.
  Viardot married Pauline Garcia on 16 April 1840. He was twenty-one years older than his wife and loved her until his death.
  He had Republican political views, did not believe in God, loved hunting and hunting dogs. He said that he had uttered the words "Long live the king!" only once, when he had received an invitation to a Royal hunt.
  He abandoned the position of director of the Théâtre italien in Paris, to devote himself to the career of his wife, and would follow her on her tours.
  In 1841, Louis Viardot, together with Pierre Leroux and George Sand, founded the socialist newspaper La Revue Indépendante, which was published for a short period.
caption: Portrait of songstress Pauline Garcia-Viardot by Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov (1830s).
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