Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld, Baron Dudevant, better known as Maurice Sand (born June 30, 1823 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 and died September 4, 1889 in Nohant-Vic

Nohant-Vic

Nohant-Vic is a commune in the Indre department in central France. It is located near La Châtre, on the D943, approximately south-east of Châteauroux and consists of two villages, Vic and Nohant, extended along the road.-Geography:...

), was a French

France

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 illustrator

Illustrator

An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...

 and writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

. Maurice Sand also experimented in various other subjects, including painting

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

, geology

Geology

Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...

, and biology

Biology

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. He was the son of Baron Casimir Dudevant

Casimir Dudevant

François Casimir, Baron Dudevant was a French nobleman, and the illegitimate son of Baron Jean-François Dudevant and his mistress Augustine Soulé....

 and his wife, French novelist and feminist George Sand

George Sand

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant , best known by her pseudonym George Sand , was a French novelist and memoirist.-Life:...

.

Maurice Sand studied under Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school...

. In addition to his numerous novels, Sand is best remembered for his monumental study of commedia dell'arte

Commedia dell'arte

Commedia dell'arte is a form of theatre characterized by masked "types" which began in Italy in the 16th century, and was responsible for the advent of the actress and improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. The closest translation of the name is "comedy of craft"; it is shortened...

: Masques et bouffons (comédie italienne) (1860).

Works

• Callirhoé, Paris, M. Lévy frères, 1864
• Catalogue raisonné des lépidoptères du Berry & de l’Auvergne, Paris, E. Deyrolle 1879
• George Sand et le Théâtre de Nohant, Paris, les Cent une, 1930
• La Fille du singe, Paris, P. Ollendorff, 1886
• Le Coq aux cheveux d’or, Paris, Librairie Internationale, 1867
• Le Québec : lettres de voyage, 1862 ; réimp. Paris, Magellan & Cie, 2006 ISBN 9782350740256
• Le Théâtre des marionnettes, Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1890
• L’Atelier d’Eugène Delacroix de 1839 à 1848, Paris, Fondation George et Maurice Sand, 1963
• L’Augusta, Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1872
• Mademoiselle Azote. André Beauvray, Paris, Lévy, 1870
• Mademoiselle de Cérignan, Paris, Michel-Lévy frères, 1874
• Masques et bouffons (comédie italienne), texte et dessins, préf. George Sand, 1860
• Miss Mary, Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1868
• Raoul de la Chastre : aventures de guerre et d’amour, Paris, M. Lévy frères, 1865
• Recueil des principaux types créés avec leurs costumes sur le théâtre de Nohant, [S.l. s.n.], 1846–1886
• Six mille lieues à toute vapeur, Paris, M. Lévy frères, 1873 ; réimp. Paris, Guénégaud, 2000 ISBN 9782850230981
• Le Monde des Papillons, préface de George Sand, suivi de l'Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères d'Europe par A. Depuiset. Paris, Rothschild, 1867