Cézanne, Paul b. January 19, 1839 d. October 22, 1906 Artist. Called “The Father of Modern Art”, he is most remembered for his post Impressionist work, and his influence on the development of Modern Art. His study of the underlying structures of composition became the foundations of Cubism and Abstraction. His use of color and tone, combined with the formal elements of composition, made it possible for later artists to question how they represented what they saw on canvas. Pablo Picasso called him, "the Father of us all”. Born in France, the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Cimetière de Saint Pierre, Aix-en-Provence, Departement des Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Hasenclever, Walter b. July 8, 1890 d. June 22, 1940 Author. He was born in Aachen, Germany. In 1910 he published his first volume of poems, "Städte, Nächte und Menschen" (Towns, nights and people). In 1914 his expressionist drama "Der Sohn" (The Son) was a success. When the Nazism took power in Germany in 1933, his works were banned and included in the book burnings. Forced into exile, he moved to France. When France fell to German forces in June 1940, he was imprisoned at Les Milles, where he committed suicide with an overdose of the...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Cimetière de Saint Pierre, Aix-en-Provence, Departement des Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Milhaud, Darius b. September 4, 1892 d. June 22, 1974 Composer. A member of "Les Six", his music combined classical form with polytonality and frequent use of popular idioms. He is best-known for his theatre works, among them the ballets "The Ox on the Roof" (1920) and the jazz-flavored "The Creation of the World" (1923), and the opera-oratorio "Christophe Colomb" (1930). As a Jew Milhaud had to flee France in 1940 and spent the World War II years on the faculty of Mills College in Oakland, California. He returned to Paris in 1947, by which...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Cimetière de Saint Pierre, Aix-en-Provence, Departement des Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
b. January 19, 1839 d. October 22, 1906