Jean Baptiste Gustave Planche

Jean Baptiste Gustave Planche (16 February 1808 – 18 September 1857) was a French art and literary critic.

Around 1830, Planche was introduced by the famous writer Alfred de Vigny to François Buloz, director of the Revue des deux mondes, and contributed to this journal until 1840.

[1] Planche was an honest critic and refused to accept a position from Napoleon III for fear of compromising his freedom.

A fervent admirer of George Sand and Alfred de Vigny, he was contemptuous of Victor Hugo as a playwright.

[1] In his writings, Planche made an attempt to reconcile modern and classical art and literature by highlighting their common preoccupation in depicting human passions.