Author: Edmond About
Alternate names: E. F. V. About; About; Edmund About; Edmound About; Edmond François Valentin About; Edmond ABOUT; Edmond François V. About; Edmond About (1828-1885); Edmond Edmond About; About EDMOND; About Edmond; ABOUT Edmond; edmond about; Edmond Francois Valentin About; Edmond Francois Valentin about
Born: 14 February 1828
Died: 16 January 1885
Bio: Edmond François Valentin About, who was born in 1828 in Dieuze (Moselle) and died on 16 January 1885 in Paris, was a French writer, journalist and art critic, and a member of the Académie française.
 
He strongly opposed the realism of Gustave Courbet.