Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire circa 1862

Charles Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French symbolist and modernist poet and art critic.

He is best known for his volume of poetry Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil) in 1857. Baudelaire was born in Paris, and studied law at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. Baudelaire's first publication was his art review Salon of 1845.

Charles Baudelaire Media

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  Portrait of a 23-year-old Baudelaire, painted in 1844 by Émile Deroy (1820–1846)

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  The first edition of Les Fleurs du mal with author's notes

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  Illustration cover for Les Épaves, by Baudelaire's friend Félicien Rops

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  Charles Baudelaire by Nadar, 1855

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  Jeanne Duval, painted by Édouard Manet in 1862 (Budapest Museum of Fine Arts)

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  Apollonie Sabatier, muse and one-time mistress, painted by Vincent Vidal

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  Cenotaph of Charles Baudelaire, Montparnasse Cemetery

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  Grave of Baudelaire in Cimetière du Montparnasse

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  Portrait by Gustave Courbet, 1848

Other websites

• Media related to Charles Baudelaire at Wikimedia Commons
• Works by or about Charles Baudelaire (Internet Archive)