Jean-Paul Crespelle
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Jean-Paul Crespelle was a journalist
and author. He was born in Nogent-sur-Marne
, Île-de-France
, France
.
Crespelle wrote important historical works on the artistic and nocturnal life of the artists who gathered in Montmartre
and Montparnasse
at the turn of the 20th century.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author. He was born in Nogent-sur-Marne
Nogent-sur-Marne
Nogent-sur-Marne is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a sous-préfecture of the Val-de-Marne département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne.-History:...
, Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Crespelle wrote important historical works on the artistic and nocturnal life of the artists who gathered in Montmartre
Montmartre
Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district...
and Montparnasse
Montparnasse
Montparnasse is an area of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail...
at the turn of the 20th century.
Works
(Partial bibliography)- The FauvesFauvismFauvism is the style of les Fauves , a short-lived and loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism...
- Picasso and his women
- Monet: The Masterworks
- The Love, The Dreams, The Life of Chagall
- La vie quotidienne des impressionnistes, 1863-1883
- Vie quotidienne a Montmartre au temps de Picasso, 1900-1910
- La vie quotidienne à Montparnasse à la grande époque 1905-1930
- A la découverte de l'art dans les musées de Paris