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Paul Guermonprez
Paul Gustave Sidonie Guermonprez (1908–1944) was a Belgium–born Dutch photographer, graphic designer, and a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. Early life and education Paul Guermonprez was born 28 December 1908 in Ghent, Belgium. His family fled during World War I, eventually resettling in the Netherlands. Guermonprez attended the De Suikerschool Amsterdam, after primary school. From 1929 to 1932, he worked on a sugar plantation in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). In 1932, he attended Bauhaus Dessau in Germany before the schools closure, studying with photographer Walter Peterhans. In 1933, Guermonprez moved back to the Netherlands because of the rise in Nazi Germany. After moving to Amsterdam he worked as a Commercial artist, founded his advertising company ''Co-op 2'', and he taught classes at the recently established New Art School, Amsterdam (Nieuwe Kunstschool, Amsterdam). In 1939, he married textile artist Trude Guermonprez. Career and World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in size only by Brussels and Antwerp. It is a Port of Ghent, port and Ghent University, university city. The city originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding suburbs of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke (East Flanders), Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Sint-Kruis-Winkel, Wondelgem and Zwijnaarde. With 262,219 inhabitants at the beginning of 2019, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
