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Pierre Gandon, the Glossary

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Pierre Gandon was a French illustrator and engraver of postage stamps.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: École des Beaux-Arts, École Estienne, Central African Republic, Coat of arms, Dahomey, Definitive stamp, Eugène Delacroix, French franc, Gérard Cochet, Jacques-Louis David, L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Liberty Leading the People, Luigi Corbellini, Paris, Postage stamp, Prix de Rome, Reims, Val-de-Marne, World War II.

  2. 20th-century French engravers
  3. French stamp designers
  4. People from L'Haÿ-les-Roses
  5. Prix de Rome for engraving

École des Beaux-Arts

) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. The most famous and oldest is the in Paris, now located on the city's left bank across from the Louvre, at 14 rue Bonaparte (in the 6th arrondissement).

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École Estienne

L'école Estienne is the traditional name of the l'École supérieure des arts et industries graphiques (ESAIG) (Graduate School of Arts and Printing Industry).

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Central African Republic

The Central African Republic (CAR), formerly known as Ubangi-Shari, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Dahomey

The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904.

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Definitive stamp

A definitive stamp is a postage stamp that is part of the regular issue of a country's stamps, available for sale by the post office for an extended period of time and designed to serve the everyday postal needs of the country.

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Eugène Delacroix

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.

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French franc

The franc (franc français,; sign: F or Fr), also commonly distinguished as the (FF), was a currency of France.

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Gérard Cochet

Gérard Cochet (13 October 1888, in Avranches – 8 January 1969, in Paris) was a French illustrator. Pierre Gandon and Gérard Cochet are French illustrators.

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Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.

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L'Haÿ-les-Roses

L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France.

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Liberty Leading the People

Liberty Leading the People (La Liberté guidant le peuple) is a painting of the Romantic era by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 that toppled King Charles X. A bare-breasted woman of the people with a Phrygian cap personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty leads a varied group of people forward over a barricade and the bodies of the fallen, holding aloft the flag of the French Revolution – the tricolour, which again became France's national flag after these events – in one hand and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other.

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Luigi Corbellini

Luigi Corbellini (11 August 1901 – 9 May 1968) was an Italian post-impressionist painter and sculptor.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail).

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Prix de Rome

The Prix de Rome or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France.

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Reims

Reims (also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France.

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Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne ("Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

20th-century French engravers

French stamp designers

People from L'Haÿ-les-Roses

Prix de Rome for engraving

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Gandon