Batti, Jeannette b. September 6, 1921 d. February 10, 2011 Actress. She was seen in numerous French film and television features over a long career. Born Henriette Eugenie Genot, she made her silver screen bow as Lulu in 1945's "The King of the Free Riders". Jeannette eventually had roughly three dozen movie roles including Mona in the 1946 "Macadam", Claudia in "Paris is Always Paris" (1951), Margot in 1956's "Three of the Cranbiere", Mariette Martin in "Crossing the Paris" (also 1956), and Mrs. Bridleford in the 1963 "Pirates of the Mississippi", her...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Neuilly-sur-Seine New Communal Cemetery, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Kandinsky, Wassily b. December 4, 1866 d. December 13, 1944 Russian-born Painter, Theorist. He is considered the father of abstract art. Kandinsky believed that painting should be purely a form of personal expression rather than the depiction of recognizable subjects or ideas. He compared the medium to music and referred to his works as "compositions". The kaleidoscopic bursts of dazzling color seen in his early abstract style later gave way to elegant arrangements of geometric patterns. Among his works are "Yellow, Red, Blue", "Improvisation 7"...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Neuilly-sur-Seine New Communal Cemetery, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
b. September 6, 1921 d. February 10, 2011