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Prix Fénéon
The Fénéon Prize (''Prix Fénéon''), established in 1949, is awarded annually to a French-language writer and a visual artist no older than 35 years of age. The prize was established by Fanny Fénéon, the widow of French art critic Félix Fénéon. She bequeathed the proceeds from the sale of his art collection to the University of Paris, whose Vice Chancellor chairs the award jury. Recipients Art *1950: Mireille Miailhe *1951: Louis Derbré for ''Buste de Louis Werschürr'', Paul Rebeyrolle and Paul Collomb *1952: Jack Ottaviano & Marcel Fiorini *1953: André Cottavoz, Jean Fusaro and Gérard Lanvin *1954: Lucien Fleury, René Laubies and Roger-Edgar Gillet *1955: Huguette Arthur Bertrand *1957: Françoise Salmon, Pierre Parsus and Gabriel Godard *1962: Jean Revol *1963: Bernard Le Quellec *1964: Jean Parsy *1966: Michel Moy *1968: Paul-Henri Friquet *1969: Pierre Gaste *1972: Henri Reiter *1973: Jean-Luc Parant *1976: Bernard Gabriel Lafabrie *1977: Jean-Pierr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Fénéon
Félix Fénéon (; 22 June 1861 – 29 February 1944) was a French art critic, gallery director, writer and anarchist during the late 19th century and early 20th century. He coined the term ''Neo-Impressionism'' in 1886 to identify a group of artists led by Georges Seurat, and ardently promoted them. The Fénéon Prize was established in 1949 by his wife, Fanny Goubaux, from proceeds from the sale of his art collection. Early life Fénéon was born in Turin, Italy in 1861 to Marie-Louise Jacquin (a Swiss Schoolteacher) and Pierre Marie Jules Félix Fénéon (a French salesman). He was raised in Burgundy. After placing first in the competitive exams for jobs, Fénéon moved to Paris at age 20 to work for the War Office where he achieved the rank of chief clerk. During his time in there he edited many literary works, including those of Rimbaud and Lautréamont, and helped to advance the fledgling pointillist movement under Georges Seurat. He was a regular at Mallarmé's sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Revol
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Roy (poet)
Claude Roy (28 August 1915 – 13 December 1997) was a French poet and essayist. He was born and died in Paris. Biography After the fall of France during World War II, Roy was captured as a prisoner of war. He later escaped and joined the French resistance. Initially associated with the political right, by 1943 Roy drifted towards the left under the influence of Louis Aragon and adhered to the French Communist Party, openly attacking fascism and Vichy sympathizers. He left the Communist Party after the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and, as a contributor to ''Le Nouvel Observateur'', became a fixture on the anti-totalitarian left. He was a signatory to the Manifesto of the 121 in favor of Algerian independence. Awards * 1951 Fénéon Prize for ''Le poète mineur'' * 1969 Prix Valery Larbaud for his book '' Le verbe Aimer et autres essais'' * 1985 Prix Goncourt de la Poésie Works Non-Fiction * ''Défense de la littérature'', idées, folio * ''Moi je'', Galli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celou Arasco
Celou Arasco (1921–1951, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) was a 20th-century French writer, whose mother was from Béarn The Béarn (; ; oc, Bearn or ''Biarn''; eu, Bearno or ''Biarno''; or ''Bearnia'') is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Bas ... and father of Spanish origin, who died from tuberculosis. After studies with the religious, he occupied various jobs before working in a bookshop in Pau. Georges Duhamel, ''Almanach des lettres'', 1951, He wrote four books, the last of which remained unfinished. He is mentioned in ''Le palais d'hiver'', novel by Roger Grenier published in 1965. Works *1948''La Côte des malfaisants'' Éditions Julliard, ( Prix Fénéon 1950) *1949: ''Terrain vague'', Julliard *1950: ''Les Joies de la tulipe'', Julliard * ''Les deux amis'' and ''Toujours plus haut'', in ''Contes Béarnais illustrés par Roger'' at Éditions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Kern
Alfred Kern (born Alfred Cohen, August 8, 1924 – June 2, 2009) was an American novelist and professor. Formative years Born in Alliance, Ohio, he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946 during World War II. He legally changed his name to Alfred Kern in 1946. Kern graduated from Allegheny College in 1948 and New York University in 1954. Academic career He served as the Frederick F. Seely Professor of English at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, from the 1950s until his retirement in the mid-1980s. During the 1979–1980 academic year, Kern was the distinguished visiting professor of English at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, an academic experience which inspired several articles relating the arts to the military. These were published in USAF journals. During the 1980s, he experimented with writing poetry, using computers with an Allegheny College colleague, James Sheridan. According to a family member, he li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Cournot
Michel Cournot (1 May 1922 – 8 February 2007) was a French journalist, screenwriter and film director. As a writer he was awarded the Fénéon Prize in 1949 for ''Martinique''. His only film as a director, ''Les Gauloises bleues'', was due to be entered at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled because of the events of May 1968 in France. He received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989, as cowriter with Claude Fournier and Marie-José Raymond of the Canadian television miniseries '' The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir)''."Genie award nominees: complete list". '' Vancouver Sun'', February 14, 1989. Selected filmography * ''Les Gauloises bleues ''Les Gauloises bleues'' is a 1968 French drama film directed by Michel Cournot. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. Cast * Annie Girardot – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florent Chopin
Florent Chopin (born 1958, Caen) is a French painter. Since 1994, he has been living and working in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis. Florent Chopin studied social sciences then fine arts in Caen. He began to draw in 1984 and devoted himself totally to his canvases and collages from 1986. He won the Prix Fénéon in 1998. He was influenced by surrealism and the situationists. He uses a composed technique by mixing collages (images and objects) and painting. Exhibitions ;2009 *''Oct/Nov :Peintures, boites, collages'' Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux (92) ;2006 *''La position du rêveur couché'', Galerie Jean-Pierre Delage, Saintes *''Ici, le monde rêve'', Galerie Mirabilia, Lagorce *''Peintures, boites, collages'' Crid'art, Amnéville les thermes *''Peintures, collages'' Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux (92) *''Peintures, boites'', Galerie Déprez-Bellorget *''Le monde repart dans une heure'', Galerie Jacqueline Storme, Lille ;2005 *Favre Galerie, Barcelone ;2004 *G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pagk
Paul Pagk is an abstract painter born in England, UK in 1962. He moved to France in 1973. He lives and works in New York City since 1988. Biography Pagk was born in 1962 of a Czech father and an English mother, who was also a painter and with whom he visited museums as a child. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (France) from 1978 until 1982, year in which he founded the « 55 rue des Panoyaux » space in Ménilmontant (Paris) - a working space for artists located in an old foundry. One year later he met the French gallerist Jean Fournier who became one of his first collectors. In 1984, he exhibited at the galerie Jean Fournier in Paris and at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. In 1987, he had his first solo-show at the galerie Jean Fournier, and exhibited also at the art center Crédac in Ivry (France) and at the Parc Floral of Paris. That same year, he was awarded the Prix Fénéon (Sorbonne University, Paris). In September 1988, he mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Morel
Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Trois-Rivières, New France * ''Marie'', Biblical reference to Holy Mary, mother of Jesus * Marie Curie, scientist Surname * Jean Gabriel Marie (other) * Peter Marié (1826–1903), American socialite from New York City, philanthropist, and collector of rare books and miniatures * Rose Marie (1923–2017), American actress and singer * Teena Marie (1956–2010), American singer, songwriter, and producer Places * Marie, Alpes-Maritimes, commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department, France * Lake Marie, Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, Winchester Bay, Oregon, U.S. * Marie, Arkansas, U.S. * Marie, West Virginia, U.S. Art, entertainment, and media Music * "Marie" (Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys song), 1969 * "Marie" (Johnny Hally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Vieren
Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre (better known as Jean Pierre, 1944–2002), Trinidadian netballer and parliamentarian Places * Jean-Pierre Bay, on the Gouin Reservoir in Quebec, Canada Arts and entertainment *"Jean Pierre", song by Miles Davis from ''Miles! Miles! Miles!'' * Characters in Metalocalypse#Jean-Pierre, Jean-Pierre, chef on television series ''Metalocalypse'' * List of Code Lyoko characters#Jean-Pierre Delmas, Jean-Pierre Delmas, in French animated television series ''Code Lyoko'' * Jean Pierre, a character in ''Fighter's History'' *Jean Pierre Polnareff, a character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Gabriel Lafabrie
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English reflex was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced by the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). Bernard is the second most common surname in France. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% of Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% of Rwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Luc Parant
Jean-Luc may refer to: In politics: * Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 1954), a French politician and Member of the European Parliament * Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014), a Flemish politician * Jean-Luc Laurent (born 1957), a French politician * Jean-Luc Mandaba (1943–2000), a former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic * Jean-Luc Mélenchon (born 1951), a French politician * Jean-Luc Pépin (1924–1995), a Canadian academic, politician, and Cabinet member * Jean-Luc Poudroux (born 1950), a French politician In entertainment: * Jean-Luc De Meyer (born 1957), a Belgian vocalist and lyricist best known as the lead vocalist of Front 242 * Jean-Luc Ponty (born 1942), a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer * Jean-Luc Picard, a fictional starship captain in the ''Star Trek'' universe * Jean-Luc Bilodeau (born 1990), an actor, played Josh Trager on the television show ''Kyle XY'' and Ben Wheeler on ''Baby Daddy'' * Jean-Luc Pikachu, a fictional animal in the animal captur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |