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- Provence
Provence, region and former province, SE France. It now encompasses Var, Vaucluse, and Bouches-du-Rhône depts. and (in part) Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Alpes-Maritimes depts. Nice, Marseilles...
- Thiers, Adolphe
Thiers, Adolphe, 1797–1877, French statesman, journalist, and historian.After studying law at Aix-en-Provence, Thiers went (1821) to Paris and joined the group of writers that attacked the rea...
- Cassin, René
Cassin, René, 1887–1976, French jurist and humanitarian. He studied law at the universities of Aix-en-Provence and Paris, earned (1914) a doctorate, and practiced until World War I, in which h...
- Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave
Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave, 1940–, French novelist, b. Nice, grad. Univ. of Nice (L. ès L., 1963), Univ. of Aix-en-Provence (M.A., 1964), Univ. of Perpignan (D. ès L., 1983). He spent much ...
- Cézanne, Paul
Cézanne, Paul, 1839–1906, French painter, b. Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne was the leading figure in the revolution toward abstraction in modern painting. From early childhood Cézanne was a close f...
- Granet, François Marius
Granet, François Marius, 1775–1849, French painter; student of J. L. David. Granet is known for his depictions of church interiors, among them his numerous versions of the Choir of the Capuchi...
- Masson, André
Masson, André, 1896–1987, French painter and graphic artist. An exponent of surrealism until 1928, Masson developed automatic writing—spontaneous linear expressions of his personal mythology. ...
- Puget, Pierre
Puget, Pierre, 1622–94, French painter and sculptor. At 17 he went on foot to Italy, where he worked for Pietro da Cortona on the ceilings of the Barberini and Pitti palaces. Much of his work ...
- Marseilles
Marseilles, Fr. Marseille, city (1990 pop. 807,726), capital of Bouches-du-Rhône dept., SE France, on the Gulf of Lions, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the second largest city of Franc...
- Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, comte de
Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti or Riqueti, comte de, 1749–91, French revolutionary and political leader; son of Victor de Mirabeau.Mirabeau's life before 1789 was characterized by wild exce...
