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Debay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay (1804–1865), French painter and sculptor *Yves Debay (1954–2013), French-Belgian journalist See also *Deba (other) Deba may refer to: Geography * Deba (crater), a crater on Mars * Deba (river), a river in the Basque Country * Deba, Gipuzkoa, a town in the Basque Country * Deba, Gombe, a town in the Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria ... {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay
Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay (; Nantes 2 April 1804 – 24 March 1865 Paris) was a French painter and sculptor. Life and career Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay was born in Nantes, France on 2 April 1804. His father, '' Joseph Jan Baptiste de Bay'', 1829, was an eminent sculptor who worked in Paris and locally in Nantes. Debay learned sculpting from his father at an early age, but started his career as a historical painter. On August 28, 1817, he was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and exhibited his first portraits to The Salon at the age of thirteen. After studying under Gros, he obtained the ''Prix de Rome'' in 1823. Soon after this he gave up painting for sculpture, which he studied under his father, and in which he was successful. Some of his historical paintings are displayed at the Versailles. Gallery Denys Affre.jpg, Denis Auguste Affre (1793-1848), archbishop of Paris Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay, The Nation Is in Danger, 1832.jpg, The Nation Is in Danger, or the Enrollment of Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Debay
Yves Debay (24 December 1954 – 17 January 2013), was a veteran French-Belgian war correspondent, who founded and reported for the French-language magazines ''Raids'' and later ''Assaut'' (Translation: Assault), which is published out of Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France. He was the first Belgian journalist to be killed in Syria. Personal Yves Debay was born in Élisabethville, Belgian Congo (later Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo). He first enlisted in the Belgian army in 1975 and later was a tank commander before turning to mercenary activities. In 1987, he became a French citizen. Career Yves Debay was a former soldier who later became a journalist specialising in military issues for war enthusiasts. In the late 1970s, Debay served in the Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment during the Rhodesian Bush War, 44 Parachute Brigade in the South African army during the South African Border War and later had a career as a journalist writing for ''Gazette des Armes'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
