Géo-Charles
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Géo-Charles real name Charles Louis Proper Guyot (March 22, 1892 – July 7, 1963) was a French poet. In 1924 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Jeux Olympiques" ("The Olympic Games").[1]
Biography
A sports enthusiast, his works often deal with this subject. He was a winner of the literary contest at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.[2] He was friends with many athletes, as well as with French writers of his time (Jean Cocteau, Blaise Cendrars). A great art lover and friend of Tsuguharu Foujita, Léopold Survage, Vicente do Rego Monteiro (his guide on a journey through Brazil to discover sacred Baroque art), and Frans Masereel, he was a discerning collector (he acquired Max Beckmann’s Le Pont at auction, Metzinger, Manolo), he immersed himself in the artistic buzz of Montparnasse and co-founded the magazine of the same name with Paul Husson. Close to the avant-garde movements in art and literature, he was also a radio host and commentator. In 1982, his wife Lucienne donated 143 works to the city of Échirolles to establish a museum dedicated to sports.[3] Born on July 6, 1915, she died on January 21, 2015, at the age of 99.
See also
References
- ↑ "Géo-Charles". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ↑ "Art Competitions at the 1924 Paris Summer Games / Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Site d'Échirolles". Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
Further reading
- Géo-Charles, un poète de la vie moderne, René Bourgeois, éditions Galerie-Musée Géo-Charles, 1985
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