American writer who focused much of his work on the effects of racial discrimination violence on African Americans. He is best known for his novel Native Son , which he completed with financial support from a Guggenheim award, and memoir Black Boy.
American writer as well as confidant, lover, secretary, and cook for Gertrude Stein, who cast Toklas in the role of narrator in Stein's own memoire, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Cookbook," famous during the s hippie culture for its recipe for hashish fudge.
Toklas is buried next to Stein. When is the best time to visit Pere Lachaise? Learn about what to expect during each season. Arman born Armand Fernandez, later changed to Armand Pierre Arman was a French-born American conceptual artist renowned during the second half of the 20th century for creating sculptures out of "accumulations" of identical objects such as cellos or cars, and out of garbage.
Along with other artists sharing a similar perspective such as Christo, Jean Tinguely, and Niki de Saint Phalle, he worked to created a "new realism. Lucien Gibert was a major 20th sculptor who created numerous monuments, as well as over medals for the Monnaie de Paris, where he served as director. You can see his work in the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art, as well as other museums around the world.
He's not well-remembered as an artist today, so if his name sounds familiar to you, that may be cause there is a street and a Metro station named after him in Paris's 15th arrondissement.
The beautiful statue on his tomb represents "Inspiration" and was created by his pupil, Laurent Marqueste, whose works are also at the Orsay as well as in Tuileries Garden, Luxembourg Garden, and other public areas around Paris.
Today, his best-known work is The Raft of the Medusa which you can see in the Louvre - and executed by sculptor Antoine Etex in bronze on the front of his tomb, with a reclining statue of himself perched on top.
Italian-born French architect who is best known for designing Napoleon's tomb at Invalides but who also designed several of Paris's loveliest public monuments and spaces, such as Fontaine Moliere in the 1st arrondissement, Fontaine Louvois in the 2nd, and the monumental fountain in Place Saint-Sulpice in the 6th. Division 4e. French sculptor and painter who created the magnificent Monument to the Dead Aux Morts in Pere Lachaise in , which led to numerous other commissions for funerary monuments.
Irish designer, architect, and a leader of the Modern Movement, perhaps best known for her Art Deco furniture designs and rugs. Her work was "rediscovered" during the last decade of her life, resulting in a new surge of popularity. Belgian painter and botanist best remembered for the vividly life-like botanical illustrations of roses, lilies, and other flowers that he painted with watercolors during a stint as the official court artist for Marie Antoinette and later under the patronage of the wives of Napoleon and the final French king, Louis Philippe I.
French painter famous during his lifetime for supporting Impressionist painters by buying their paintings, and to a lesser degree for his own paintings. In recent years, Caillebotte's own work has gained new appreciation. The Orsay Museum owns about 40 of his paintings and usually has one of his best known, The Floor Planers, on display along with others. French printmaker and painter Marie Laurencin was a key participant in the Cubist movement in Paris in the early 20th century, working alongside better known male artists of the period such as Pablo Picasso, Robert Delaunay, Georges Braque, and Francis Picabia.
French political cartoonist at satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, murdered by terrorists during the January attack on the magazine's Paris office. French artist famous for his neoclassical landscape paintings, especially those that embrace the plein-air approach of the early Impressionists. In Paris, you can see his paintings at the Louvre Museum and the Orsay Museum, as well as many other museums and galleries around the world.
Best known today for paintings in the Neoclassical style such as "Death of Marat" and "Intervention of the Sabine Women," David was an ardent supporter of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror that followed, often incorporating political subjects into his work to such a degree that some paintings crossed the line into propaganda.
David was fortunate to survive the purge of radicals after the Reign of Terror ended, although he did end up in prison. His wife, a royalist, divorced him after he voted for the execution of Louis XVI although got him released from prison and they later remarried in Most of David's body is buried in Belgium where he spend his last years in self-imposed exile after the restoration of the monarchy, but his heart is buried with his wife's body in Pere Lachaise.
A bronze medallion with his image is placed on his wife's white marble tombstone. Delacroix was a prolific, highly regarded, and enormously influential French Romantic painter whose treatment of light and color profoundly influenced the Impressionist painters. Napoleon named him as first Director of the Louvre Museum and conferred upon him the title of Baron.
The Denon Wing is named for him. His grave at Pere Lachaise is topped with a life-sized statue of himself. German-American-French artist who was a founding member of the Dada movement as well as Surrealism. His ashes are interred in the Columbarium. Ingres was an acclaimed French Neoclassical painter, most famous during his lifetime and since his death for his portraits.
Although he embraced classic traditions and academic style, the abstract qualities of some of his nudes influenced some of the Surrealists and modern painters. Architect Victor Baltard, famous for designing the dozen glass and steel pavilions at the Les Halles market and Saint-Augustin Church, designed Ingres's tomb, and sculptor Jean-Marie Bonnassieux created a white marble bust of the artist for the tomb.
French glass designer known for his stunning Art Nouveau art glass and glass objects. French fashion designer Edmond "Ted" Lapidus started his own fashion label after an apprenticeship with Dior and rose to fame during the s and s when he became a favorite of celebrities such as Brigitte Bardot and Twiggy.
He is credited with designing the "safari suit" popular during the s and 80s, and also designed the white linen suit worn by John Lennon in the photograph on the Beatles' Abbey Road album cover. He is buried in his family tomb in Pere Lachaise. Modigliani was an Italian Jewish modern artist who moved to Paris at age 18 and spent most of the rest of his life there.
Best known for his paintings of women with elongated faces and bodies, he died destitute at 35 from tubercular meningitis, but today his work sells for tens and hundreds of millions. He is buried next to his life partner, Jeanne Hebuterne. Crazed by grief, she jumped from a fifth floor window to her death two days after he died. Danish-French artist Camille Pissarro played such a key role in the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements that he is sometimes called the "Father of Impressionism.
Today, they bring millions. The best place to see them in Paris is at the Orsay Museum. Georges Seurat is remembered today as a French Post-Impressionist painter who developed pointillism, a painting technique designed to capture tiny dots of light on canvas so that the viewer's eye can blend them optically. The Orsay Museum owns about 20 of his paintings, including The Circus which he completed not long before he died at age His remains were interred in the Seurat family tomb at Pere Lachaise.
During their time apart, they became renowned scholars, and today their tomb is revered as a symbol of Romantic Love. Division 7. Allan Kardec birth name: Hippolyte Leon Denizard Rivail founded " Spiritism" - a belief in the possibility of communicating with the Dead through mediums, seances, and other psychic phenomena.
His grave often attracts a crowd - perhaps of people hoping to communicate with the Departed through him. Swami Vijayananda born Abraham Jacob Weintraub , a French atheist who was the son of a rabbi, traveled to India when he was 36, inspired by a book about Hindu philosophy that described the quest to "find God within oneself.
Swami Vijayananda wrote numerous books as well as music, and spoke at least three Indian languages as well as English and French in order to communicate with the many visitors to his ashram. Prior to his death at age 96, he had requested that his body be buried rather than cremated so that he could be buried by his family in France according to Jewish tradition.
His remains were flown back to Paris where his family buried him at at Pere Lachaise and recited the Kaddish at his grave. After inheriting a fortune in from his father, the British Marquess of Hertford, he contributed millions to the Parisian poor during the Siege of Paris September January in the Franco-Prussian War.
The contribution from that period for which Wallace is best remembered today are the beautiful dark-green fountains that he designed and had made to supply free clean drinking water to the poor who otherwise had no access to potable water and could not afford to buy it.
Almost of them, now called Wallace Fountains in his honor, still remain in Paris. You can refill your water bottle from them throughout most of the year, aside from winter months when the city shuts them down to prevent freezing pipes.
Paris is rightfully famous for its fantastic cuisine - so if you'd like to pay your respects to those who have helped shape the gourmet fare you can enjoy today, here's who to search for:. But if you have, what you may remember best are his evocative descriptions of the small but rich buttery molded shell-shaped cakes called madeleines. That's what most visitors seem to remember for, as you'll almost see at least a few madeleines stacked on his grave.
Madeleines are available in bakeries and specialty boutiques throughout Paris. If you develop an addiction while sampling them each bakery makes its own special version , a special madeleine baking pan from one of the cookware shops near Les Halles could be your favorite Paris souvenir. The sorrow and the misery in the faces of the people reminded us all to respect the dead.
Philippe Auguste is another subway stop for Cimitiere Pere Lachaise. Instead, walk east to the main entrance at Avenue Principal and pick up your own map to search for the final resting place of your favorite musician, writer or politician. While I thought it was cool when I was 21 to see the graffiti-covered tombstone of Jim Morrison.
I was happy to go back and visit Pere Lachaise again to really take in the tombs of these fascinating souls. If you are planning a trip to France, make sure to check out our France Travel Guide! Looking to book your next trip? Why not use these resources that are tried and tested by yours truly. Flights: Start planning your trip by finding the best flight deals on Skyscanner.
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Being recognized as top travel bloggers and influencers by the likes of Forbes Magazine , the Society of American Travel Writers and USA Today has allowed them to become leaders in their field. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I was, at the time, unaware of other famous people who were buried there. What a great bunch of shots. Love the jumble of mausoleums and headstones. So many different levels and features to entertain the eye. Your photos really bring that out.
Especially like the contrast afforded by black and white composition. Thanks for the post! Thanks Daniel. Dave had a fabulous time photographing the Cemetery. It is an incredible mixture of crumbling tombstones to impeccable family plots.
It is definitely a worthy attraction to visit in Paris. Over the years, so many visitors have done so that the protuberance has become discoloured.
Guillaume Apollinaire lies only a few metres away from his mistress Marie Laurencin, who was buried with their love letters placed on her heart. Edith Piaf was laid to rest here, and four of her many lovers are buried nearby. The cemetery has more than 5, trees, including a year-old maple tree 12 metres in height, a chestnut tree with a circumference of 3. A number of fine sculptures — beautiful examples of funerary art — give the cemetery added aesthetic appeal.
It is romantic in springtime , filled with glorious colour in the autumn and faintly mysterious when blanketed by snow in winter. Its constant transformation over the seasons is a delight for amateur photographers. Discover the mythical districts of Paris on foot or by minibus with a private visit. A post shared by The Earful Tower theearfultower. Like these videos?
Subscribe on YouTube for more. And listen to the recent Earful Tower podcast on the cemetery below. Meanwhile, more from Joe Start including the Chairfather book here or on ebook here. And here is a nice large map of the Pere Lachaise in case you want to go tomb hunting yourselves.
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