Jean-Paul Crespelle (24 December 1910 – 1994) was a

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and author. He was born in

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. Crespelle wrote important historical works on the artistic and nocturnal life of the artists who gathered in

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and

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at the turn of the 20th century.

Works

(Partial bibliography) * A la découverte de l'art dans les musées de Paris (1961) * The Fauves (1962) * Montparnasse vivant (1962) – Prix Hercule Catenaccihttps://www.academie-francaise.fr/jean-paul-crespelle * Montmartre vivant (1964) – Prix Charles Blanc * La folle époque: Des ballets russes au surréalisme (1968) – Prix Charles Blanc * Picasso and his women (1969) * Modigliani: Les femmes, les amis, l'œuvre (1969) * The Love, The Dreams, The Life of Chagall (1969) * Utrillo: La bohème et l'ivresse à Montmartre (1970) * Degas et son monde (1972) * Pablo Picasso (1975) * La vie quotidienne à Montparnasse à la grande époque 1905-1930 (1976) * La vie quotidienne des impressionnistes, 1863-1883 (1981) * La vie quotidienne a Montmartre au temps de Picasso, 1900-1910 (1982) * Monet : Chefs d'Â uvres (1986) * La Epoca de Los Impresionistas (1990)

References

Brief biography of Jean-Paul Crespelle
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