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Pierre Caille (other)
Pierre Caille may refer to: * Pierre Caille (sculptor) (1911–1996), Belgian sculptor, painter, engraver, ceramicist and jeweller * a man who bought a vineyard in 1543, now the Butte-aux-Cailles neighborhood in Paris See also * Pierre (other) Pierre is a French given name. Pierre may also refer to: Places * Pierre, South Dakota, USA; the capital of South Dakota * Rivière à Pierre (Batiscan River tributary), in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada * Pierre River (M ... * Caille (other) {{hndis, Caille, Pierre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Caille (sculptor)
Pierre Jules Louis Lucien Ghiskain Caille (11 January 1911, in Tournai – 24 October 1996, in Linkebeek), was a Belgian sculptor, painter, engraver, ceramicist and jeweller. Caille briefly attended the Academy of Tournai (1926) and the advertising section in La Cambre (1931), and ceramics (1938) and is also close to Roger Guérin (1896 in Jumet – 1954 in Bouffioulx), Henry van de Velde, George Grard, Charles Leplae. Pierre Caille is a multifaceted and atypical painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, potter, jewelry designer. His inspiration shows a fertile imagination, and gives form to the wonderful and extraordinary. From 1949 to 1976, Pierre Caille is a professor at La Cambre, where he leads the class of ceramics. Honours * 1975: Member of the Royal Academie. Work * 1964: ''Monument aux Liégeois morts pour la liberté'', with architect George Dedoyard, Albert I Bridge on the Meuse at Liège, Liege. * 1980: ''Les Voyageurs'', Botanique/Kruidtuin metro station, Botanique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butte-aux-Cailles
The Butte-aux-Cailles (; a name that could be translated into "quail hill", although it originates from its former landowner Pierre Caille, who bought a vineyard here in 1543) is a hilltop neighbourhood of Paris, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ... located in Paris' south-eastern 13th arrondissement. A now extinct river, the ''Bièvre'' (from Latin 'Beaver'), once made this area important for the tannery and tissue trades. City Getaway Paris Guide Today the Butte-aux-Cailles area assembles a young, trendy and festive Parisian population in its many small bars and restaurants. Since its incorporation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre (other)
Pierre is a French given name. Pierre may also refer to: Places * Pierre, South Dakota, USA; the capital of South Dakota * Rivière à Pierre (Batiscan River tributary), in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada * Pierre River (Mitchinamecus River tributary), in Baie-Obaoca, Quebec, Canada Facilities and structures * Pierre University, a former university in Pierre, SD, that moved to Huron, SD, and was renamed * ''Pierre'' (restaurant), a restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong * The Pierre, a luxury hotel in New York City Literature * '' Pierre: or, The Ambiguities'', a novel by Herman Melville * ''Pierre (A Cautionary Tale)'', a children's story by Maurice Sendak Other uses * Pierre (penguin) (1983–2016), an African penguin at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco * "Pierre" (song), a 2015 song by Ryn Weaver * ''Pierre'', a 1985 animated film by John R. Dilworth See also * * * Pier (other) * Saint-Pierre (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
