Showing posts with label Yonne (89). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yonne (89). Show all posts
17 August 2020

Albert Camus in Villeblevin, Yonne (89)

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Camus celebrated the New Year of 1960 in his house in Lourmarin (Vaucluse) with his family and friends Janine and Michel Gallimard and thei...
9 February 2019

Jean Bertholle, La Fabuloserie, Yonne (89)

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Jean Bertholle (1910–2002), from Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte-d'Or, spent forty year turning forest trees into shoe heels, and then...

Jean-Pierre Schetz, La Fabuloserie, Yonne (89)

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Jean-Pierre Schetz (1921–1986) was a Belgian ironsmith-turned mason displeased with the uniformity of the houses around him, and in the...

Jules Damloup, La Fabuloserie, Yonne (89)

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After Jules Damloup (1898–1985) retired, inspired by the animal figures on Poulain chocolate, he changed his garden by adding about twent...
8 February 2019

Camille Vidal, La Fabuloserie, Yonne (89)

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Camille Vidal (1884–1977) was born in Narbonne and died in Agde. He was a mason who made coloured cement sculptures in his garden, which ...

Pascal Verbena, La Fabuloserie, Yonne (89)

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Pascal Verbena was born in Marseille the son of wholesale fish merchants. Married, he worked at night in the postal sector and in the day...

Albert Sallé, La Fabuloserie, Yonne (89)

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There are several artists in the amazing Fabuloserie  that I forgot to include in this blog last year, so here goes with the first omissio...
27 July 2018

La Fabuloserie, Dicy, Yonne (89)

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La Fabuloserie is an amazing museum in Dicy in the Yonne that has been open since 1983. It was the brainchild of architect and sculpto...
25 July 2018

Colette in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne (89)

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(Sidonie Gabrielle) Colette (1873–1954) was born in and grew up in this house in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, which the plaque s...
18 July 2018

Le Cimetière de Vézelay, Yonne (89) #6: Dorothy Thum

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Dorothy Thum (1910–66) is described as a 'femme de lettres', but I can't find anything at all that she's written! ...

Le Cimetière de Vézelay, Yonne (89) #5: Christian Zevros

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Christian Zervos (1889–1970) was of Greek origin and founded the periodical Cahiers d'art  in 1926. His Fondation Christian-et-Yvo...

Le Cimetière de Vézelay, Yonne (89) #4: Rosalie Vetch | Rosalia Ścibor-Rylska

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Rosalia Ścibor-Rylska, or Rosalie Vetch, is noted for being the mistress of Paul Claudel, and who inspired the characters Ysé in Part...

Le Cimetière de Vézelay, Yonne (89) #3: Maurice Clavel

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Maurice Clavel (1920–79) was a writer, journalist and philosopher who died in Asquins in the Yonne, close to Vézelay.

Le Cimetière de Vézelay, Yonne (89) #2: Jules Roy

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'JULES ROY ET TATIANA SON ÉPOUSE' Now a 'Maison des Illustres', the house of Jules Roy (1907–2000), where ...

Le Cimetière de Vézelay, Yonne (89) #1: Georges Bataille

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Georges Bataille was born in Billom (Puy-de Dôme) in 1897 and died in Paris in 1962. He first stayed in Vézelay from March to Octobe...
20 May 2018

Jules Roy: Vézelay ou l'amour fou (1990)

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This is a love story to Vézelay, a village of 435 inhabitants (2014) in the Yonne. Jules Roy (1907–2000) spent more than the final twenty...