Pierre Terrasson (born 14 February 1952) is a French photographer, best known for photographing the rock music scene during the 1980s with publications that have included acts like Lou Reed, Stranglers, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Nina Hagen, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a French painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as 'the painter for France'. He became the co-founder and president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and his work influenced many other artists, notably Robert Genin. Puvis de Chavannes was a prominent painter in the early Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as "an art made of reason, passion, and will".
Marie Laurencin was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or.
The Félibrige is a literary and cultural association founded by Frédéric Mistral and other Provençal writers to defend and promote the Provençal language and literature. It is presided over by a capoulié.
Jean-Claude Pascal, born Jean-Claude Villeminot, was a French comedian and singer.
The discography of the American rock musician Lou Reed consists of 22 studio albums and 13 live albums, and 44 singles. Reed also released 5 video albums and 11 music videos.
Raymond Rouleau was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in 49 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981. He was married to the actress Françoise Lugagne.
Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822) was a French painter.
Beuchat International, better known as Beuchat, is a company that designs, manufactures and markets underwater equipment. It was established in 1934 in Marseille, France, by Georges Beuchat, who descended from a Swiss watchmaking family.
Pierre Kast was a French screenwriter and film and television director.
Jean-Antonin Carles was a French sculptor.
The Prix Blumenthal was a grant or stipend awarded through the philanthropy of Florence Meyer Blumenthal (1875–1930) — and the foundation she created, Fondation franco-américaine Florence Blumenthal — to discover young French artists, aid them financially, and in the process draw the United States and France closer together through the arts.
Lucien Alcide Constant Brasseur was a French sculptor.
Camille Houssière, better known as Camille Lou or, formally, as Jimmie, is a French singer, musician, and actress born on 22 May in Bersillies, Nord, France. She is well known for her roles in musicals, including 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille in the role of Olympe, and La Légende du roi Arthur in the role of Reine Guenièvre.
The Master of Robert Gaguin was an anonymous painter, active in Paris around 1485–1500. He was so named by Nicole Reynaud after a manuscript of Robert Gaguin's translation of Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico, offered by the translator to Charles VIII, king of France. He belongs to a circle of French artists, whose art follows the style of the Master François.
Pierre Bourgeade was a French man of letters, playwright, poet, writer, director, journalist, literary critic and photographer. A descendant of Jean Racine, he was also the brother-in-law of the writer Paule Constant.
Marc Honegger was a French musicologist and choirmaster.
Jules Diéterle was a 19th-century French architect, also a draftsman, painter, painter on porcelain, sculptor and theatre decorator.
André Chéret was a French comic book artist. He is best known for creating Rahan in 1969 alongside Roger Lécureux.
Louis-Antoine Prat is a French art historian and art collector, specialized in drawings.
Estelle de Barescut was a French painter and lithographer. She exhibited her lithographs at the Salon de Paris in 1834 and 1835, and her paintings from 1842 to 1851.