Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Author
Met
Montmartre neighbors and the tightest of the painter friendships — Gen Paul drew and painted him for decades, quarrels included, and haunts the delirious late novels in transposed form.
- Painter
Gen Paul
The Montmartre expressionist — a leg lost at Verdun, a studio on the avenue Junot, and the closest of Céline's painter friends.
Details
- 1895–1975
- 2 July 1895
- Montmartre, Paris
- 30 April 1975
- Paris, France
- French
- Painter
- Eugène Paul
About Gen Paul
Born and buried in Montmartre, Eugène Paul — Gen Paul — lost a leg at Verdun and painted with the violence of a man in a hurry ever after: expressionist canvases of butchers, musicians, and the streets of the Butte. He was Céline's neighbor and the closest of the painter friends, sketching and painting the writer across decades of quarrels and reconciliations — and turning up, transposed, in the delirious late novels of the Montmartre years.
People Gen Paul Knew
Connections and Sources
Frequented · 1941–1944
4 Rue Girardon
Céline's closest Montmartre friend and illustrator kept his studio a few meters away at 2 impasse Girardon, and was among the flat's rare regular visitors.
Met
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Montmartre neighbors and the tightest of the painter friendships — Gen Paul drew and painted him for decades, quarrels included, and haunts the delirious late novels in transposed form.
References
References
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1Céline: A Biography
BiographyFrédéric Vitoux, 1992Used forBiographical evidence used to verify chronology, relationships, and historical context connected to Gen Paul.
2Le Petit Célinien — Louis-Ferdinand Céline : 4 rue Girardon, Paris 18e
WebsiteUsed forWeb source consulted for documented facts and historical context presented on the Gen Paul page.
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