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Fumism
Fumism ou ''fumisme'' ( from the , smoke), is a conditionally decadent movement in Parisian art that existed from the late 1870s to the first quarter of the 20th century. Fumism can be characterized as ″the art of blowing smoke in your eyes″ — practically, it is the same as Dadaism, but only forty years earlier.''Yuri Khanon:'' «Dada before Dada», Chapter«..Fumists..»(in Russian) This generalized aesthetic-philosophical term became widespread in French culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries thanks to Émile Goudeau, a poet, writer, finance ministry official, and founder of the so-called ″Hydropath Society″. The founders and ideological inspirers of the movement were the same Émile Goudeau, as well as two permanent troublemakers: (real name — Eugène Bataille) and Alphonse Allais.''Alphonse Allais''. (biographie par François Caradec). «Œuvres anthumes». — Paris, Robert Laffont Edition S.A., 1989. — 682 p. On the other hand, “fumists” (fumists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Fragerolle
Auguste-Georges-Prosper Fragerolle (11 March 1855 – 19 February 1920) was a French musician and composer. Life Georges Fragerolle was born on 11 March 1855 in Paris, the son of wealthy merchants. He studied literature at the Collège Rollin, and obtained a degree in law. Against the advice of his parents, he tried to devote himself to opera, but failed to obtain admission to the Conservatoire de Paris. Fragerolle joined the literary club. On 12 May 1880 he published an article on "Fumisme". "Fumisme" is a system of elaborate hoaxes used to expose hypocrites and deflate the pompous. It was often practiced by the Hydropathes. According to Fragerolle, ''fumisme'' Fragerolle learned composition from Ernest Guiraud. He composed arrangements of work by contemporary poets such as Jean Richepin, and sang them to his own accompaniment. Fragerolle became the regular pianist at Le Chat Noir with Erik Satie. He composed most of the music and poetry of the shadow theater pieces, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Allais
Alphonse Allais (20 October 1854 in Honfleur – 28 October 1905 in Paris) was a French writer, journalist and humorist. He was also the editor of the '' Chat Noir,'' a satirical magazine. Life From 1879, Alphonse Allais attended the ″Hydropathic Society″ of Émile Goudeau, from which the school of fumism grew. Evidence (and the crowning glory) of Alphonse Allais's first literary successes was the January 1880 issue of the newspaper ″Hydropat″ entirely dedicated to him, with a caricature on the entire cover.'' Yuri Khanon:'' «Dada before Dada», Chapter«..Fumists..»(in Russian) It depicted a blond pharmacist, Alphonse Allais. Already in the first year of Fumism, Paul Vivien wrote in his “leading” article: Work He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as much as a humorist, he cultivated the verse form known as holorhyme (all verses are homophonous, where entire lines are pronounced the same). For example: Par les bois du djinn o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Auriol
George Auriol, born Jean-Georges Huyot (26 April 1863, Beauvais (Oise) – February 1938, Paris), was a French poet, songwriter, graphic designer, type designer, and Art Nouveau artist. He worked in many media and created illustrations for the covers of magazines, books, and sheet music, as well as other types of work such as monograms and trademarks. Biography After he arrived in Paris in 1883, Auriol was introduced to typography and book design by Eugène Grasset and became particularly interested in the revival of historical type styles. Appointed by Georges Peignot, he created his signature typeface Auriol inspired by the Art Nouveau movement for the G. Peignot & Fils foundry, which was used in the work of Francis Thibaudeau and other publishers of the period. Auriol was a member of French bohemian culture, a denizen of the Chat Noir ("Black Cat Café") and long a friend of Erik Satie. Georges Auriol was part of the Fumist group and learned a great deal from them, both in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Savoyarov
Mikhail Savoyarov (, ''Mikhai'l Nikoláevič Savoyárov'') (, Moscow – 4 August 1941, Moscow) was a Russian chansonnier, composer, poet, comic actor and mime. In the first quarter of the 20th century he was a famous satirical singer-songwriter. His popularity peak was in the years of war (1914–1917) when he began to be called the ''«King of eccentrics»''.Dmitry Gubin, Playing during the eclipse, Ogonyok periodical №26, iuni 1990, pag.26-27, ISSN 0131-0097 ru It was also the time when he became friends with Aleksandr Blok. Considering that the period of his greatest popularity was almost at the exact time as the brief period of renaming the capital, Savoyarov can be called the ''Petrograd'' artist in the strict sense of the word. Biography Mikhail Nikolayevich Savoyarov (Solovyov) was born on 30 November 1876 in Moscow. As a child he didn't receive music education. He learned to play violin without a teacher, also took private lessons. In the end of the 1890s Savoyarov m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
