This is Part 2 of All About French Arts
Famous people and their main works
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13 - Poets - Poètes
14 - Sculptors - Sculpteurs
15 - Singers - Chanteurs
16 - Stage Directors - Metteurs en Scène
17 - Writers - Ecrivains
18 - Graffiti Artists - Graffiteurs 
19 - Intrument Players - Joueurs d'instrument
20 - Related to French Arts: Auction houses, Media, Museums, TV Channels, etc
Autour des Arts: Salles de Vente, Medias, Musees, Chaines TV, etc
21 - Inventors & Scientists - Inventeurs & Chercheurs
22- Notorious Religious people - Religieux notables
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13 - Poets - Poètes (See also: Writers)
- 21st, 20th centuries
Apollinaire, Guillaume (Włodzimierz Apolinary de Kostrowicki; Polish born 1880-1918; Died at age 38 as a soldier during WW1):
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963) also Choregrapher; Movie Director; Composer; Painter:
- 19th & 18th centuries
Ackermann, Louise (1813-1890)
Allais, Alphonse aka Francisque Sarcey (1854-1905)
Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867)
Beaumarchais, Pierre- Antoine Caron de (1732-1799)
Boileau, Nicolas (1736-1711): Le Lutrin - See also Writers section
Rimbaud, Arthur (1854-1891)
Breton, Jules (1827-1906) also Painter:
Verlaine, Paul (1844-1896)
- 17th century and before
Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684): Quatrain (To Richelieu) - See Writers
De la Fontaine, Jean (1621-1695): Fables La cigale et la fourmi - Le corbeau et le renard - Le lièvre et la tortue - Le loup et l'agneau - La mort et le bucheron - Le chêne et le roseau - Le lion et le rat - etc.
De Malherbe, François (1555-1628) Statue on the Louvre main front: Mes yeux - Au Feu roi - Consolation à Cléophon - Cette Anne - etc .
De Rohan, Anne (1584-1646): Portrait de feue la duchesse de Nevers - Consolation - Poésies d'Anne de Rohan-Soubise - etc
De Romieu, Marie (1545-1590) Probably one of the first women feminist: Instructions pour les Jeunes Dames - Oeuvres Poetiques - L'Excellence de la Femme surpasse celle de l'Homme - etc
De viau, Théophile (1590-1626) openly claimed his homosexuality in the Parnasse Satyrique journal: Élégie à une dame - Ode sur la Solitude - Devant moi, un corbeau croasse - etc.
Du Bellay, Joachim (1522-1560) Member of "La Pleiade" with 6 other poets including Ronsard: L'Olive - Les regrets - Défense et illustration de la langue française - Les Antiquités de Rome.
Ronsard, Pierre de (1524-1585): Member of "La Pleiade" with 6 other poets including Du Bellay: Les Audes - Les Amours - Cassandre / Continuation des Amours - Marie - Hélène - Les Hymnes - Les Discours - etc.
L'Hermite, Francois aka Lhermite Tristan (1601-1655): La Mer - les Plaintes d'Acante - Epilogue maritime - Les Amours de Tristan - Plaintes Heroiques -Le Page disgracié - etc.
Racine, Jean (1639-1699): La Nymphe de la Seine - See Writers
Villon or François de Montcorbier (1431-1463 ?): Le Lais - Double Ballade - Le Testament (15 poems) - Ballade des Pendus - Quatrains - etc
 
14 - Sculptors - Sculpteurs
- 20th & 21th centuries
César (César Badalccini 1921-1998) - Le Pouce (thumb); Compression; Le Centaure; Le César Award statue for the French movie industry; etc. (MoMa, Tate Britain, George Pompidou Center, Sao Paulo Museum, Mexico Museum).
Claudel, Camille (1864-1943): L'Abandon - L'Age mur - Rodin bust - Les Causeuses - La Valse - Pensée - La Vague - etc.
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917): L'Age d'airain - Le Penseur - Le Baiser - La Porte de l'enfer - Les Bourgeois de Calais - L'Eternel printemps - etc. (Rodin Museum, Paris)
- 18th & 19th century
Allasseur, jean-Luc (1818-1903) - Découverte de Moïse - Saint Joseph - Rameau - Le Pêcheur - Leucothéa - etc.
Bartholdi, Auguste (1834-1904) - Designed the Statue of Liberty which face was inspired from his mother. See Architects: Gustave Eiffel.
Lemoyne, Jean-Baptiste (1704-1778): Marble Statues and Busts: Fillette au fichu - Louis XV - Crainte des flèches de Cupidon (MET. NYC) - Marie Antoinette (Vienna Museum) - etc.
Pajou, Augustin (1730-1809): Marble statues: Pluto - Mercury - Ariane - Blaise Pascal - Madame du Barry - Buffon - Bossuet - Bas reliefs of Beaune Hotel Dieu - etc.
- 17th century and before
Anguier, Michel (1612-1686): Statues of Pluto, Xeres, Amphitrite in Versailles - Appartments of the Queen of Austria in the Louvre Palace - Bas reliefs of the Porte Saint Denis - Sculptures of the Val de Grace church in Paris - etc.
Coustou, Nicolas (1658-1733): Various statues and bas reliefs in Versailles, in the Tuileries Palace (today garden), in Notre Dame of Paris - Statue of Louis XIV in Jupiter (Louvre Museum) - etc.
Drouet de Dammartin (? 1370-1413): Statues of the Louvre Palace, of the Cathedral Saint Pierre in Troyes, Sainte Chapelle de Dijon - etc.
Girardon, François (1628-1715): Tomb of Richelieu at La Sorbonne - Participated to the design of the Appolo Hall in the Louvre, of Vaux-le-Vicomte front, of the gardens of Versailles.
Goujon, Jean (1510-1569): Designed the Allegories of the Louvre courtyard.
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15 - Singers - Chanteurs & Chanteuses (including Bands / Groupes)
- Hip-Hop, Rap, etc (Bands: see below)
Anis
Bénabar
Diams
Diziz La Peste
Doc Ginéco
Garou
Jean Bart
La Rouille
MC Solaar
Tété
Thiefaine, Hubert Félix
Tonton David
Tue-Loup
Voisine, Roch
Zazie
- Opera & Chorus

- Pop / Populaire (Bands: see below)
Balavoine, Daniel
Barbara
Brassens, Georges
Brel, Jacques (Belgian / French)
Cabrel, Francis
Chamfort, Alain
Chevalier, Maurice
Dalida (Cristina Gigliotti; 1933-1987): Aime-moi - A chacun sa Chance - Bambino - Bonsoir mon amour - Comment l'oublier - Les Gitans - Dans tes bras - Flamenco bleu - Je ne sais plus - La Bambola - Marie-Madeleine - etc
Doré, Julien
Dutronc, Jacques
Dystel, Sacha
Ferrer, Léo
François, Claude
Gainsbourg, Serge aka "Gainsbar" (Ginsburg, Russian origins; 1928-1991): Le poinçonneur des Lilas - Initials B B - Sea, sex and sun - Je suis venu te dire ... - Je t'aime, moi non plus - La Javanaise - Aux armes (La Marseillaise in reggae) - Ballade de Melody Nelson - etc. See also Composers.
Gall, France
Greco, Juliette
Halliday, Johnny
Hardy, Francoise
Kaas, Patricia
Lama, Serge
Lavilliers, Bernard
Matthieu, Mireille
Montagné, Gilbert
Montand, Yves
Moustaki, Georges (Italo-greek origins; 1934-2013): 17 ans - Ave Maria - Le Métèque - Pourquoi mon Dieu - Hiroshima - Il y avait un jardin - Le Temps de vivre - Les Enfants d'hier - La Dame brune - Ma solitude - etc
Piaf, Edith
Reggiani, Serge
Renaud
Salvador, Henri
Trainet, Charles (1913-2001): Douce France - La mer - Boum! - Je chante - Le soleil a rendez-vous avec la lune - etc.
Vartan, Sylvie
- Bands / Groupes (Pop, Hip-Hop, Rap, Rock, etc)
Bande à Basile (Pop -
Béruriers Noirs (Hard Rock -
Compagnie Créole (Pop -
Compagnons de la chanson (pop -
Fatal Bazooka (Rap -
Freres Jacques (Pop -
Gispy Kings (Variety in French & Spanish
Il était une fois (Pop
Indochine (Pop & Rock -
Les Parisiennes (Pop -
Les Rita Mitsouko (Pop -
Lucrate Milk (Punk -
Mano Negra (Rock -
Noir Désir (Rap / Rock -
Sexion d'assaut (Rap -
Splendid, Orchestre du (Pop -
Téléphone (Rock -
Trust (Rock -

16 - Stage Directors - Metteurs en Scene
wM = Molière (French Theater Award)
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963):
Brialy, Jean-Claude (1933-2007) M Also Director of 2 Paris theaters: La Fugue - Désirée - Le Bal des Voleurs - Le Sexe faible - etc
Deschamps, Didier
Planchon, Roger
Vilar, Jean
Savary, Jérôme (1942-2013) M

17 - Writers - Ecrivains & Ecrivaines (Only classic & novels - See also 12: Philosophers)
- 20th & 21th centuries
Anouilh, Jean
Boulle, Pierre (1912-1994): novels Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai (Bridge of River Kwai) - La Planète des singes (Planet of the apes) - Les Coulisses du ciel - A nous deux satan - etc.
Claudel, Paul
Darc, Fréderic
Guitry, Sacha
Ionesco, Eugène
Pagnol, Marcel
Simenon, Georges (Belgian; 1903-1989): 45 stories of Commissaire Maigret (very famous in France) - La Veuve Couderc - Le Charretier de la Providence - L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre - Le chat - etc.
Vidal, Georges

- 18th & 19th century
Allais, Alphonse aka Francisque Sarcey
Balzac, Honoré de
Beaudelaire, Charles
Chateaubriand, François-René de
Comtesse de Ségur (Sophie Rostopchine, Russian born; 1799-1874): Les Malheurs de Sophie - Un Bon petit diable - Petites filles modèles - etc.
Courteline, Georges
De Nerval, Gérard
De Stael, Germaine (Anne-Louise Necker)
Dumas, Alexandre
Dumas, Alexandre (Fils / Son)
Gautier, Théophile
Feydeau, Georges
Flaubert, Gustave
Hugo, Victor
Labiche, Eugène
Lamartine, Alphonse de (1790-1869)
Mallarmé, Stéphane
Marivaux, Pierre de Chamblain de
Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870)
Musset, Alfred de
Quinet, Edgar 
Rimbaud, Arthur
Sand, George (Aurore Lucile Dupin)
Stendhal / Henri Beyle
Verne, Jules

- 17th century and before
Boileau, Nicolas (1736-1711): Les Satires (several parts) - Les Épîtres (several parts) - Dialogue sur les héros de roman - Longin - Lettres a Charles Perrault - etc. See also Poets
Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684): Classic plays Le Cid - Horace - Andromède - Oedipe - La Toison d'or - Attila - etc.
De la Fontaine, Jean (1621-1695): See Poets
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin 1622-1673): Comedies / plays Les Précieuses ridicules - Les Femmes savantes - Tartuffe - Le Misanthrope - l'Avare - Médecin malgré lui - Le Malade imaginaire - etc. Founder of the Comédie-française theater, still today in the Palais-Royal built by Richelieu as his residence in 1633.
Perrault, Charles (1628-1703): Le petit Chaperon rouge (Little red riding hood) - Cendrillon (Cinderella) - Le chat botté (Puss in boots) - La belle au bois-dormant (Sleeping beauty) - La barbe bleue (bluebeard) - etc.
Racine, Jean (1639-1699): Classic dramas Alexandre le Grand - Phèdre - Britannicus - Esther - Andromaque - Les plaideurs - etc.
Ronsard, Pierre de

18 - Graffiti Artists - Graffiteurs / Graffeurs
Blek le Rat (Xavier Prou; 1952) http://blekmyvibe.free.fr
Pignon-Ernest (1942) - Probably one of the first "artist recognized" graffiteurs in France: Métro Charonne - L'Homme et la Ville - Les Expulsés - A même le Mur - Le Parcours - etc 
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19 - Instrument Players - Joueurs d'instrument
Doukan, Pierre (1927-1995): Violon
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992): Organ and Piano
Nicolas, Marie-Annick (1956): Violon

20 - Related to French Arts - Autour de l'Art 
- Annual Exhibits in France (only on regular basis)
FIAC: Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris International Fair of Contemporain Art, generally 3 days in October www.fiac.com
Louvre des Antiquaires: Paris Antics permanent exhibit and merchants www.louvre-antiquaires.com  Eng
- Auction Houses
Christie's: Part of the French Holding company Artemis SA  www.christies.com  Eng
Drouot: famous auction house in Paris 9th district: www.drouot.com  Eng
- Internet Magazines, Apps, etc
All about arts www.artnet.com   Deutch  Eng  Closing
All about arts www.guide-artistique.com
Art Net Channel: videos and news http://newsarttoday.tv
INHA: National Institute of History of Art www.inha.fr  multi language
- Magazines & Newspapers
Art absolument: magazine with news and lot of data (France & world) www.artabsolument.com
Art dans l'Air magazine: art in France southern regions www.artdanslair.fr

Connaissance des Arts magazine: know about arts: www.connaissancedesarts.com
Graffiti Arts magazine: contemporain urban arts: www.graffitiartmagazine.com
Le Figaro Newspaper: culture page: www.lefigaro.fr/culture
Le Monde Newspaper: www.lemonde.fr
Magazine'art: many news and info www.magazinart.com  Eng
- Museums in France
Museums in France (for tourism): http://knowaboutfrance.blogspot.com 
Museums in France (main museums addresses & pictures) www.picturalissime.com/musees_paris_france.htm
National & City Museums (not private) www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/museo/ click: Les 1315 musees

- Top Art Galleries
French Art Galleries in NYC: http://franceintheusa.blogspot.com
- TV Channel
ARTE: French German Channel about Art and Culture www.arte.tv   Deutch
CUNY: although this New York TV channel is American, it broadcasts several French cultural series such as Bouillon de Culture, etc www.cuny.tv
France 5: Public channel about all kind of arts  www.france5.fr 
France24: 24 hours International News Channel by cable & sat with several cultural series. Arabic  Eng
Stylia: Fashion and Arts channel  www.stylia.fr
TV5 Monde: International French-speaking Channel by cable & sat that broadcasts several cultural series each week (+ News, Movies, etc); It is made in 5 countries: Belgium, Canada (Quebec), France, Luxemburg, Switzerland. Their site includes a fine Apprendre le Francais (Learn French) page. They also have a kids channel: TIVI5.   www.tv5.org  
 
21 - Inventors & Scientists - Inventeurs & Chercheurs
- 19th, 20th, 21st centuries
Ader, Clément: First in flight aboard his human propulsed Eon plane in 1890 (13 years before the Wright brothers. Despite what is said in the USA, they were not first in flight but first to use an engine).
Braille, Louis: Blind Reading System
Citroen, Andre: First Front Wheel Drive & Hydropneumatic Suspension
Curie, Pierre & Marie: Radiation and a process that gave modern X Rays 
Cousteau, Jean-Yves:
Denayrouze, Auguste
Dom Perignon, Pierre: Controlled production of Champagne from a natural process
Dubus-Bonnel, Ignace
Fabre, Henri
Fresneau, Francois
Giffard, Henri
Jacquart, Joseph-Marie
Laennec, Theophile: Stethoscope
Martin, Desiré
Michelin (Freres / Bros):
Montagnier, Luc (1932): Virologist Nobel Prize of the Pasteur Institute who discovered the HIV virus.
Moreno, Roland: Smart card or Carte a Puce (Card with memory chips)
Niepce, Nicephore: 1st Photography
Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895): Founder of Medical Microbiology, he is the father of Bacteriology and discovered the immunization to Anthrax, the vaccine to Cholera and Rabies (Rage), the method of Pateurization. Co founder of the Pasteur Institute with Emile Roux; see below.
Roux, Emile (1853-1933): Serum Anti-Diphtheria and worked with Pasteur on Anthrax immunization; important researches on Pneumonia, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, etc. Co founder of the Pasteur Institute.  
- 17th & 18th centuries
Cugnot, Joseph: First Automobile
De Vers, Pierre: First Bicycle (called Draisienne)
Lumière (Freres / Bros): First Movie Projector, more an animated light projector
Montgolphier (Freres / Bros): First in the air aboard their hot air balloon
Pascal, Blaise: First calculator
- 16th century and before
Denis, Jean-Baptiste (1640-1704): First to perform a complete blood transfusion.
Paré, Amboise (1510-1590): First Ligature of Arteries and first Cauterization. Also several surgical instruments still in use today.
Viète, François (1540-1603): Modern Algebra.
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22 - Notorious Religious People - Religieux notables
Bernadette Soubirous (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous 1844-1879): It is said she talked to the Virgin Mary in a grotto near the city of Lourdes, France. Since 1930, the grotto is an important pelgrinage site.
Clément V (Bertrand de Got 1264-1314): French Pope who decided to reside in Avignon (Comtat Venaissin) instead of Rome; the next 3 French Popes did the same. Clément V also gave order to eliminate the Templars. See below.
Geneviève the religious (419-512): Young none who succeeded in diverting Attila's Huns ready to destroy Paris.
Joan of Arc - Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431): The Maid of Orleans, claiming divine guidance, was 17-year old when she victoriously led French troops against the English, paving the way for French Charles VII coronation. The Burgundians captured, judged and transferred her to their English allies. She was judged again for heresy and burned at stake at the age of 19 in Rouen.
Templars Monks Order / Ordre des Moines Templiers: Founded in the city of Troyes, France, in 1129, the order was created to be the (armed) guardian of the Catholic religion. French Pope Clement V ordonned the "elimination" of the order on Friday the 13th, 1312, because of its too strong influence. Since then, Friday the 13th is "bad luck" day.
Vincent de Paul (1581-1660): Priest (Saint) who created the world first charity organization.
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