Jean-Claude Fourneau
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Jean-Claude Fourneau (28 March 1907 – 9 October 1981) was a French painter close to the surrealist movement.
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Jean-Claude Fourneau | |
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Born | (1907-03-28)28 March 1907 Paris (France) |
Died | 9 October 1981(1981-10-09) (aged 74) Paris (France) |
Nationality | French |
Known for | Painting, drawing |
Notable work | Portraits of: Felix Yusupov, Général Catroux, Jean Paulhan, Dominique Aury, Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing, etc. |
Movement | Surrealism |
Website | jcfourneau.com |
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His mother was a descendant of Victor de Lanneau, restorer of the Collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris, of Juliette Adam, founder of a French paper, La Nouvelle Revue, muse of Léon Gambetta and the spiritual mother of Pierre Loti; and she was the daughter of Paul Segond, pioneer in the field of surgical gynaecology.
His father, Ernest Fourneau, was the founder of French medicinal chemistry.