The Saint-Pierre Cemetery (French: "Cimetière Saint-Pierre") is a cemetery in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

. It is home to the burials of many renowned painters and sculptors.

Location

It is located on the ''Avenue Des Déportés de la Résistance Aixoise'' in Aix-en-Provence.Google Maps
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History

It was established in 1824.
Centre Darius Milhaud: Cimetière Saint Pierre
/ref> It was built upon two former private, adjacacent cemeteries: a Jewish one and a Protestant one. It spans seven hectares.

Notable burials

* Jean Amado (1922–1995), sculptor. *

Henri Brémond Henri Brémond (31 July 1865 – 17 August 1933) was a French literary scholar and philosopher, Catholic priest, and sometime Jesuit. He was one of the theological modernists. Biography Henri Marie Brémond was born in Aix-en-Provence, the son of ...

(1865–1933), Jesuit author *

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a ...

(1839–1906), painter.Atelier Cézanne
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Jean-Antoine Constantin Jean-Antoine Constantin (January 1756 - 9 January 1844) was a French painter. Biography Born in the vicinity of the Loubière, in Marseille, Jean-Antoine Constantin studied at the Academy of Painting in Marseille under the tutelage of Jean-Jose ...

(1744–1844), painter *

Achille Empéraire Achille Empéraire (1829–1898) was a French painter. Biography Early life Achille Empéraire was born with dwarfism and a hunchback, on 16 September 1829 in Aix-en-Provence. He took drawing lessons in Aix from 1844 to 1856.''La Peinture en ...

(1829–1898), painter * Hippolyte Ferrat (1822–1882), sculptor * Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin (1779–1841), painter *

Jean-Baptiste Gaut Jean-Baptiste Gaut (1819–1891) was a French Provençal poet and playwright from Aix-en-Provence. He was a chief advocate of the Provençal language and the Félibrige movement. He was known as "Félibre Gaut."Emma RobertLe Félibre Gaut, hist ...

(1819–1891), author *

Louis Gautier Louis Gautier (22 January 1810 – 26 January 1884) was a French Bonapartist politician who was a deputy for Charente during the French Third Republic. Life Louis Gautier was born on 22 January 1810 in Aigre, Charente. He became an eau de vi ...

(1855–1947), painter * René Génin (1890–1967), actor *

Louise Germain Louise Germain (1874–1939), née Louise Richier was a French painter. Biography Although she was born in Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France, Louise Richier lived much of her childhood and adolescence in Algeria, returning to France by the time she ...

(1874–1939), painter *

Victor Leydet Victor Leydet (1845–1908) was a French businessman, politician and novelist. He served as a member of the Senate of France from 1897 to 1908. Biography Early life Victor Leydet was born on July 3, 1845 in Aix-en-Provence. His father, Joseph V ...

(1845–1908), politician * François Mignet (1796–1884), historian * Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), composer. * Sextius Alexandre François de Miollis (1759–1828), military general *

Agricol Moureau Agricol Moureau (born 1766, Avignon - died 1842, Aix-en-Provence) was a figure in the French Revolution. Defrocked as a priest, he became a Jacobin, edited the ''Courrier d'Avignon'', set up the département of Vaucluse, acted as the French Direct ...

(1766–1842), Sans-culotte *

Jean Murat Jean Murat (13 July 1888, in Périgueux – 5 January 1968, in Aix-en-Provence) was a French actor. He was married to the French actress Annabella. Selected filmography * ''Sex'' (1920) * ''La Galerie des monstres'' (1924), as Sveti * '' Carme ...

(1888–1968), comedian * Barthélémy Niollon (1849–1927), painter *

Joseph Ravaisou Joseph Ravaisou (11 November 1865 – 22 December 1925) was a French landscape painter. Ravaisou was born in Bandol, Var. In 1878 he moved to Aix-en-Provence to work as a school teacher, and subsequently became a music conductor and a musi ...

(1865–1925), painter * John Rewald (1912–1994). *

Henri Émilien Rousseau Henri Émilien Rousseau (17 December 1875, Cairo – 28 March 1933, Aix-en-Provence) was a French painter, graphic artist and illustrator; best known for his Orientialist scenes featuring horses and riders. Biography He was the eldest of nin ...

(1875–1933), painter * Philippe Solari (1840–1906), sculptor *

François Vidal François Vidal (14 July 1832 – 25 May 1911) was a French Provençal poet and activist. Early life François Vidal was born on 14 July 1832. Career François Vidal was one of the first Provençal activists to join the Félibrige. He had a dee ...

(1832–1911), Félibrige activist, poet *

Joseph Villevieille Joseph Villevieille (1829–1916) was a French painter. Early life Joseph Villevieille was born on 6 August 1829 in Aix-en-Provence. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Career Villevieille taught painting in Aix-en-Provence. ...

(1829–1916), painter *

François Zola François Zola (born Francesco Antonio Giuseppe Maria Zolla; 7 August 1796 – 27 March 1847) was an Italian-born French engineer. He built the Zola Dam, creating Lac Zola near Le Tholonet in Aix-en-Provence. Zola was an Italian engineer w ...

(1796–1847), dam-builder and father of Émile Zola.

References

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