Find A Grave - Batignolles Cemetery

Bakst, Léon Samoilovitch b. May 10, 1866 d. December 28, 1924
Artist. A co-founder of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, his boldly-colored creations for that troupe had an international influence on fashion and interior design.
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 25, Row 21, Grave 24
Benois, Alexander b. May 4, 1870 d. February 9, 1960
Theatrical Designer, Painter, Historian. An imaginative Classicist, his colorful style blended Russian Folk and French Rococo influences. He played an instrumental role in the founding of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Alexander Nikolayevich Benois was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, into a distinguished family of French-Italian descent. Apart from a brief course in stage design at the Academy of Arts in 1887, he was self-taught as an artist. He made frequent trips to Europe and from...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 25, Row 5, Central Path, Grave 8
Breton, André b. February 19, 1896 d. September 28, 1966
Poet, Author, Essayist, Founder of Surrealism. André Breton was born in the Normandy village of Tinchebray, the only child of shopkeepers. His mother wanted him to become a physician and he went to Paris to study medicine. While there his interests turned to art and literature. He served as a medic during World War I and cared for soldiers who had been gassed or shell shocked. Influenced by the writings of Sigmund Freud, he took special note of these soldiers' psychological state and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Tigress)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 31
Breval, Lucienne b. November 4, 1869 d. August 15, 1935
Opera Singer. She was a leading dramatic soprano of late 19th. and early 20th. century Europe. Born Bertha Agnes Lisette Schilling, she studied piano in Lausanne and Geneva before embarking on a vocal career. Following study at the Paris Conservatory she made her 1892 Paris Opera debut as Selika from Giacomo Meyrbeer's "L'Africaine" and was to remain prima donna of that theatre until 1919. Lucienne sang a wide variety of roles though her signature pieces were to be the title leads of Gluck's "...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Bruneau, Alfred b. March 3, 1857 d. June 15, 1934
Composer. A pioneer of realism in French opera, he is best remembered for his collaborations with novelist Emile Zola. Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau was born in Paris and studied at the Conservatory there. He played cello with the Pasdeloup Orchestra before gaining recognition with his first opera, "Kerim" (1887). The following year he met Zola, forming a close friendship that lasted until the latter's death in 1902. Most of Bruneau's stage works, beginning with "Le Reve" (1891)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 6
Cendrars, Blaise [original burial site] b. September 1, 1887 d. January 21, 1961
Author. Real name Frédéric Louis Sauser. An innovator in poetry and prose, he had a significant impact on French literature before and after World War I. His novels "Gold" (aka "Sutter's Gold", 1925) and "Moravagine" (1926) have been translated into over 20 languages. Cendrars was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. At 15 he was kicked out of school for poor grades and ran away to begin a life of restless travel. By his own accounts he was a jeweler's apprentice in Russia...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 7
Chaliapin, Fyodor [cenotaph] b. February 13, 1873 d. April 12, 1938
Legendary Bass Singer. This is his original burial site. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 25
Lyapunov, Sergei b. November 30, 1859 d. November 8, 1924
Composer, Pianist. His tightly-constructed music reflects both Romantic and Russian Nationalist influences. It had some influence on Rachmaninov. Lyapunov is probably best known for the "12 Transcendental Etudes" for solo piano (1897 to 1905), written as a tribute to Liszt. Among his other compositions are the "Solemn Overture on Russian Themes" (1886), Symphony No. 1 (1887), Piano Concerto No. 1 (1890), "Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes" (1907), a Piano Sonata (1908), Piano Concerto No. 2 (...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 24, Row 7, Grave 29, near main path
Péret, Benjamin b. July 4, 1899 d. September 28, 1959
French writer, a main character of the surrealism. He was a strong friend of Breton, also a member of the Communist Party. In 1928 his collected poems "Le Grand Jeu" was published. He took part in the Spanish Civil War, then he moved to Mexico. He returned to Paris only in 1948. He died there in 1959. Breton said about him: "He was my dearest and oldest battle comrade". (Bio by: Apats)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 31
Saint Granier (de Cassagnac) (Jean Granier) b. May 27, 1890 d. June 25, 1976
Saint-Granier was a French singer, actor (in "Villa Destin", Rires de Paris", "Marions-nous," etc.) and famous songwriter (the well-known "Ramona" and "C'est jeune et ca ne sait pas"). He also wrote many operetta's and two novels ("Le Monde sans amour" and "Article 12"). He was a good friend of Zarah Leander. (Bio by: Rudi Polt)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 13
Ventura, Raymond b. April 16, 1908 d. March 29, 1979
Musician. He was a jazz pianist and bandleader who was active in Paris during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. He spent 1942 to 1944 in South America, where he led a number of big bands. He recorded for both Columbia Records and Decca Records, and his most famous recording is the 1932 Decca release of "St. Louis Blues" and "St. James Infirmary" (Decca F2851). In addition to founding a music publishing company that primarily published jazz and film music, Ventura was active in the French film...[Read More] (Bio by: amy7252)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 32
Verlaine, Paul b. March 30, 1844 d. January 8, 1896
Poet. Born into a middle-class family, Verlaine's father was an army captain. As a young man he frequented the Parisian literary salons and cafés and was influenced by the works of Charles Baudelaire. In 1866 he published his "Poèmes saturniens". He developed an impressionistic style that used assonances, unusual rhyming patterns and shadowy images, and introduced the notion of "les poètes maudits" (the cursed poets). His "Art poétique," defined his particular sensibility and contains the...[Read More] (Bio by: Tigress)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 11
Vidal, Paul Antoine b. June 16, 1863 d. April 9, 1931
French composer, conductor, and music teacher. His students included Francis Poulenc and Jacques Ibert. (Bio by: amy7252)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 26

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