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Jean José Marchand
Jean José Marchand (4 August 1920 – 8 March 2011) was a French critic of art, cinema and literature. From the late 1960s he made many documentary TV films of writers, philosophers and artists. Life Jean José Marchand was born on 14 August 1920 in Paris. He volunteered at the start of World War II (1939–45). After the Fall of France in 1940 he worked at the Bibliothèque nationale de France and contributed to the journals ''Poésie 40'', ''Confluences'' and '' Les Cahiers du Sud''. After the Liberation of France in 1944 Roger Grenier helped him get a position as art critic for ''Combat''. Through this he met Pascal Pia, Albert Camus and Maurice Nadeau. As a Gaullist, in 1947 he joined the Rally of the French People (RPF: Rassemblement du peuple français). Marchand wrote the preface to the catalog of ''L'Imaginaire'', a group show at the Galerie Luxembourg in December 1947 in which he characterised the group's work as "lyrical abstraction". He connected poets such as Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the ÃŽle-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
École De Paris
The School of Paris (, ) refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. The School of Paris was not a single art movement or institution, but refers to the importance of Paris as a centre of Western art in the early decades of the 20th century. Between 1900 and 1940 the city drew artists from all over the world and became a centre for artistic activity. The term ''School of Paris'', coined by André Warnod, was used to describe this loose community, particularly of non-French artists, centered in the cafes, salons and shared La Ruche (residence), workspaces and galleries of Montparnasse. Many artists of Jewish origin formed a prominent part of the School of Paris and later heavily influenced Visual arts in Israel, art in Israel. Before World War I the name was also applied to artists involved in the many collaborations and overlapping new art movements, between Post-Impressionists and Pointillism and Orphism (art), Orphism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
