Tériade
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Tériade (1889–1983) was a native of Mytilene
who went to Paris
in 1915 at the age of eighteen to study law, but who instead became an art critic, patron, and, most significantly, a publisher.
From 1937 to 1975 he commissioned various individuals of the pinnacle artists and philosophers such as Picasso, Matisse, René Daumal
in the first half of the century to produce series of works for his legendary quarterly journal Verve or the later Grands Livres.
There is a Tériade Museum, which opened in 1979 in the southern Mytilene suburb of Varia
. The books are displayed in sixteen rooms over two floors of the specially built museum.
In France
, there is a donation of Tériade at the Departmental Museum
of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
.
Mytilene
Mytilene is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital of the island of Lesbos. Mytilene, whose name is pre-Greek, is built on the...
who went to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1915 at the age of eighteen to study law, but who instead became an art critic, patron, and, most significantly, a publisher.
From 1937 to 1975 he commissioned various individuals of the pinnacle artists and philosophers such as Picasso, Matisse, René Daumal
René Daumal
René Daumal was a French spiritual para-surrealist writer and poet. He was born in Boulzicourt, Ardennes, France....
in the first half of the century to produce series of works for his legendary quarterly journal Verve or the later Grands Livres.
There is a Tériade Museum, which opened in 1979 in the southern Mytilene suburb of Varia
Varia
Varia may refer to:* Varia , character on Xena: Warrior Princess* Varia Suit, armor expansion in the Metroid video game series* Vicovaro or Varia, a town in Italy...
. The books are displayed in sixteen rooms over two floors of the specially built museum.
In 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...
, there is a donation of Tériade at the Departmental Museum
Matisse Museum (Le Cateau)
The Matisse Museum is a museum in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France that primarily displays paintings by Henri Matisse. The museum was established by Matisse himself on 8 November 1952; he also defined the way his works should be arranged...
of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Le Cateau-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.The term Cambrésis indicates that it lies in the county of that name which fell to the Prince-Bishop of Cambrai.-History:...
.