Édouard Bourdet: Quick Facts


Facts

Born 1887 • Saint-Germain-en-Laye • France
Died January 17, 1945 (aged 58) • Paris • France
Notable Works “L’Homme enchaîné” • “Le Rubicon” • “The Captive” • “Vient de paraître”

Émile Fabre, 1914
Émile Fabre
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Portrait painting of French dramatist Moliere, shown with long curly hair, a mustache, and wearing a richly detailed robe, by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse after Pierre Mignard.
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Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
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Marivaux, Pierre
Pierre Marivaux
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Dancourt, detail of an oil painting by Gabriel Gence, 1706; in the collection of the Comédie-Française, Paris
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Bellecour
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Pierre Corneille
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Lesage, engraving by J.-B. Guelard, 18th century
Alain-René Lesage
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Jean de La Taille
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Labiche
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Ludovic Halévy
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Octave Mirbeau
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Étienne Jodelle
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Jacques Grévin
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Émile Augier
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Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt after a painting by Jacques-André-Joseph Aved
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
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