Arthur d'Echérac

[1] Arthur d'Échérac was born in Guéret and had a younger brother, Pierre-Albert.

His father was a prefect of Louis Philippe I and a member of the Society of Natural and Archaeological Sciences of Creuse.

He entered the Préfecture de la Seine in 1860 and joined the Public Assistance services.

He worked on medallions or busts of contemporary figures such as Georges Clemenceau, Léon Cladel, Ferdinand Fabre and Michel Möring.

[1] He founded and wrote the review L'Art ornamental from 1884 to 1889 and collaborated as an art critic in many newspapers and reviews such as L'Art, Courrier de l'art, La Revue française, La République French, Justice, Le Temps, Canton of Sèvres, Journal of Versailles, The Republic of Letters, and the Literary and artistic review.