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| *[[2007]] - [[Gordon Rattray Taylor]] (January 11, 1911 - December 7 1981) is a British author and broadcaster best remembered for his Freudian interpretation of history: Sex in History | *[[2007]] - [[Gordon Rattray Taylor]] (January 11, 1911 - December 7 1981) is a British author and broadcaster best remembered for his Freudian interpretation of history: Sex in History | ||
| *[[2007]] - [[Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler]] (June 25, 1884 - January 11, 1979) was an art dealer and promoter | *[[2007]] - [[Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler]] (June 25, 1884 - January 11, 1979) was an art dealer and promoter | ||
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Monte Blue]] | + | *[[2007]] - [[Antoine-Augustin Préault]] (October 6, 1809 - January 11, 1879) was a French sculptor of the Romanticism movement. Born in the Marais district of Paris, he is often recorded as Auguste Préault. |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Antoine-Augustin Préault]] | + | |
| + | A student of David d'Angers, Préault first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1833. He was not favorably looked upon by some of the artistic community's elite due to his outspokenness and because he was part of the circle of activists in the French Revolution of 1830. During that period of turmoil Préault's studio was vandalized and many of his plaster models were destroyed. As a result of these circumstances his work has been largely overshadowed by his contemporaries. | ||
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| + | Antoine-Augustin Préault died in Paris in 1879 and was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Three of his most noted sculptures are: | ||
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| + | La Tuerie (The Killing) | ||
| *[[2007]] - [[Johann Nepomuk Geiger]] | *[[2007]] - [[Johann Nepomuk Geiger]] | ||
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Art and culture
Births
- 1906 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist
- 1916 - Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989)
- 1961 - Jasper Fforde, British author
- 1971 - Mary J. Blige, American singer
Deaths
- 1771 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b. 1704)
- 1928 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840)
- 1966 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
- 2002 - Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)
- 2007 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
Notes
- 2007 - Baron Haussmann (March 27, 1809 – January 11, 1891) was a French urbanist
- 2007 - Gordon Rattray Taylor (January 11, 1911 - December 7 1981) is a British author and broadcaster best remembered for his Freudian interpretation of history: Sex in History
- 2007 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (June 25, 1884 - January 11, 1979) was an art dealer and promoter
- 2007 - Antoine-Augustin Préault (October 6, 1809 - January 11, 1879) was a French sculptor of the Romanticism movement. Born in the Marais district of Paris, he is often recorded as Auguste Préault.
A student of David d'Angers, Préault first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1833. He was not favorably looked upon by some of the artistic community's elite due to his outspokenness and because he was part of the circle of activists in the French Revolution of 1830. During that period of turmoil Préault's studio was vandalized and many of his plaster models were destroyed. As a result of these circumstances his work has been largely overshadowed by his contemporaries.
Antoine-Augustin Préault died in Paris in 1879 and was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Three of his most noted sculptures are:
La Tuerie (The Killing)
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