Lorjou bernard biography of abraham lincoln

  • lorjou bernard biography of abraham lincoln

    • Chronology

    A resume of Lorjou's life and career, starting with his upbringing as a poor youth in the streets of Paris to his founding of the Homme Temoin movement and engagement in other artistic endeavors. 

    1908 Lorjou is born on September 9th to a poor family in the Loir et Cher department of France. He is the youngest of 3 children.

    1924 He leaves Blois to live in Paris where he lives in extreme poverty in a small room on the rue Raspail. His funds eventually run out so he sleeps in the Orsay train station.

    1925 He finds employment with the silk house Ducharne.  There, he designs patterns for prints that become sought by fashion houses ranging from Jacques Fath, Balmain, Lanvin, and Christian Dior and worn by many notable women of the period.  At Ducharne, Lorjou meets his companion Yvonne Mottet, also an artist.

    1931 Lorjou's first trip to Spain.   He visits the Prado Museum in Madrid. He discove