Arago, Etienne-Vincent

Arago, Etienne-Vincent (1802, Estagel; 1892, Paris) was a theatre director and writer, but his involvement in politics was so complete and continuous that his activities as an artist have been forgotten. In 1829, he was director of the Vaudeville theatre, and he had to sell his unique art collection in 1871 to pay off the debts he incurred when this theatre burned down in 1838. The second disaster of his life was the verdict condemning him to deportation in 1849. He returned to France in 1859…