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Saint-Émilien-de-Blain
Saint-Émilien-de-Blain is a village and parish in France, part of the commune of Blain, Loire-Atlantique. The parish and village are named after Saint Émilien, Bishop of Nantes, who died when trying to save the city from the Arabs during their invasion of 725. The church at Saint-Émilien was built in 1844–54 on the central square of the village, and the bell tower added in 1868. The spire was never added due to lack of funds. The church has a typical cross-shaped layout, with a large nave and two transept arms. The neoplastic painter and sculptor Jean Gorin Albert Jean Gorin (2 December 1899 – 29 March 1981) was a French neoplastic painter and constructive sculptor. He was a disciple of Piet Mondrian, and remained true to the concept of rigid geometricism and use of primary colors, but pushed the ... (1899–1981) was born in Saint-Émilien. References Citations Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Emilien-de-Blain Geography of Loire-Atlantique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gorin
Albert Jean Gorin (2 December 1899 – 29 March 1981) was a French neoplastic painter and constructive sculptor. He was a disciple of Piet Mondrian, and remained true to the concept of rigid geometricism and use of primary colors, but pushed the limits of neoplasticism by introducing circles and diagonals. He was known for his three-dimensional reliefs. Early years Albert Jean Gorin was born on 2 December 1899 in Saint-Émilien-de-Blain, Loire-Atlantique. His father made shoes and his mother managed a small hotel with a restaurant. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Nantes in 1914–16. After the end of World War I (1914–18) he studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris from 1919–22. He was influenced by Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne and the Expressionists. Gorin was unable to obtain a job teaching drawing. He settled in Nort-sur-Erdre, near Nantes and began painting, while working to earn a living. In 1923 he discovered cubism, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blain, Loire-Atlantique
Blain (; Gallo: ''Blaen'', ''Blin'' or ''Byein'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The commune includes the small town of Blain and the villages of Saint-Émilien-de-Blain and La Chaussée. Population International relations Blain is twinned with the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett, England. See also * Château de Blain * Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): References External links Official site Communes of Loire-At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilien Of Nantes
Émilien of Nantes (; died ) was a French religious leader who was canonized by the church as a martyr for dying in a fight against the Saracens in Burgundy in 725 AD. No written records earlier than the 16th century survive, and there are no records of a Bishop Émilien of Nantes. The legend probably has its roots in a real clash with the Saracens, who were present in the region at the time, but has been considerably embroidered. Legend There are no written records of the story of Saint Émiland before the 16th century, only an oral tradition of a warrior bishop who came from Brittany with an army to fight the Saracens, met them at Saint-Jean-de-Luze, near Autun, died there after a bloody battle, and was buried there with his companions in stone coffins that fell from the sky. This bishop was called "Millan" by the local people. The story as it is told now is that Émilien was Bishop of Nantes when the Saracens crossed the Pyrenees mountains into what is now France. Hearing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pays De La Loire
Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital and most populated city, Nantes, one of a handful of French "balancing metropolises" (). In 2020, Pays de la Loire had a population of 3,832,120. Geography Pays de la Loire is in western France, bordered by Brittany on the northwest, Normandy on the north, Centre-Val de Loire on the east, Nouvelle-Aquitaine on the south, and the Bay of Biscay of the North Atlantic Ocean on the southwest. Departments and former province Pays de la Loire comprises five departments: Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Vendée. Pays de la Loire is made up of the following historical provinces: * Part of Brittany, with its old capital Nantes contained within the Loire-Atlantique departments of France, department. This is up to 20% of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Louére-Atantique''; ; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', ) is a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 1,429,272 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 44 Loire-Atlantique INSEE History Loire-Atlantique is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally, it was named Loire-Inférieure, but its name was changed in March 9, 1957 to Loire-Atlantique. The area was formed from the Province of Brittany, and contains what many people still consider to be Brittany's capital, Nantes. However, during World War II, the Vichy Government set up a s ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
