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Ferdinand Bac

French writer and artist (1859-1952) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 93

Ferdinand-Sigismond Bach, known as Ferdinand Bac, was a German-French cartoonist, artist and writer, son of an illegitimate nephew of the Emperor Napoleon. As a young man, he mixed in the fashionable world of Paris of the Belle Époque, and was known for his caricatures, which appeared in popular journals.

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1952Died18 November 19521925Prix Calmann-LévyAward1913Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1909Montyon PrizeAward1859Born15 August 1859

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Prix Calmann-Lévy1925
Knight of the Legion of Honour1913
Montyon Prize1909

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He also travelled widely in Europe and the Mediterranean. In his fifties, he began a career as a landscape gardener. The gardens that he created at Les Colombières in Menton on the French Riviera are now designated as a Monument Historique. He also wrote voluminously about social, historical and political subjects, but his work has been largely forgotten.

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France
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1859 to 1952 · aged 93