Une vie en trompe-l’œil : l’artiste bagnard Francis Lagrange (1901-1964)

Writings on the artist and convict Francis Lagrange (1901-1964) often integrate fiction he himself created. This figure spent a lot of time indeed reinventing his life. The purpose of this article is to detect truth from false in the life of this man condemned to the penal colony in French Guiana in...

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Main Authors: Émile Blanc, David Carita, Denis Lamaison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Criminocorpus 2016-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/3285
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description Writings on the artist and convict Francis Lagrange (1901-1964) often integrate fiction he himself created. This figure spent a lot of time indeed reinventing his life. The purpose of this article is to detect truth from false in the life of this man condemned to the penal colony in French Guiana in 1927. We return here on his parents, childhood, first offences and convict years. We will also seek to establish how and when he became an artist.
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Une vie en trompe-l’œil : l’artiste bagnard Francis Lagrange (1901-1964)
Criminocorpus
counterfeiting
French Guiana
penal colony
artist
painter
recidivist
title Une vie en trompe-l’œil : l’artiste bagnard Francis Lagrange (1901-1964)
title_full Une vie en trompe-l’œil : l’artiste bagnard Francis Lagrange (1901-1964)
title_fullStr Une vie en trompe-l’œil : l’artiste bagnard Francis Lagrange (1901-1964)
title_full_unstemmed Une vie en trompe-l’œil : l’artiste bagnard Francis Lagrange (1901-1964)
title_short Une vie en trompe-l’œil : l’artiste bagnard Francis Lagrange (1901-1964)
title_sort une vie en trompe l oeil l artiste bagnard francis lagrange 1901 1964
topic counterfeiting
French Guiana
penal colony
artist
painter
recidivist
url https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/3285
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