Guirand de Scevola, Lucien-Victor |
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BORN 14 Nov 1871, Sète, Hérault - DIED 29 Mar 1950, Paris: 199 rue de Courcelles, 17e BIRTH NAME Guirand, Victor Lucien GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 23, avenue des Carrières, ligne 16, numéro 13) |
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The symbolist painter Luicien Victor Guirand was the son of a traveling salesman. He studied under Fernand Cormon at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, specializing in pastels. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris and at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 1903 he decorated the Molière theatre in Sète. He married the actress Marie Thérèse Piérat in 1906 and he led the life of a bohemian. Reportedly, he participated in the development of military camouflage during the First World War. He had received the Légion d'Honneur in 1910 and he was promoted to the rank of Commander in 1935. In 1937 he became the president of the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. During the Second World War he was in favour of artistic collboration with German artists and he criticized 'Jewish art'. Family • Wife: Piérat, Marie Thérèse (1906-) Related persons • painted Piérat, Marie Thérèse |
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 The grave of Marie Thérèse Piérat and Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (31 Oct 2022) |
 The grave of Marie Thérèse Piérat and Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (31 Oct 2022) |
Sources • Les Peintres de l'âme, Snoeck-Ducaju, Gent, 1999 • Accueil - Archives de Paris • Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola - Wikipedia (EN) |
