Grévin, Alfred
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| born on | 28 January 1827 at 14:00 (= 2:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Épinal, France, 48n11, 6e27 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m6e27 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
French caricaturist, best known for his caricature silhouettes of Parisian women. He founded the Musée Grévin waxworks museum, inspired by London Museum "Madame Tussauds", with journalist Arthur Meyer. He was also a sculptor, cartoonist, and designer.
Grévin spent the final two years of his life paralyzed, and died of a sudden stroke of apoplexy on 5 May 1892 at age 65 in Saint-Mandé.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Meyer, Arthur (born 16 June 1844)
Events
Source Notes
Collection Gauquelin.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Apoplexy)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Paralysis
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Apoplexy)
- Vocation : Art : Cartoonist (Caricaturist)
- Vocation : Art : Commercial artist
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist
- Vocation : Beauty : Designer/ Fashion (Costumes)
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator ("Musée Grévin")
Categories:
- 1827 births
- Birthday 28 January
- Birthplace Épinal, FR
- Sun 7 Aquarius
- Moon 23 Aquarius
- Asc 5 Cancer
- 1892 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Paralysis
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Vocation : Art : Cartoonist
- Vocation : Art : Commercial artist
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist
- Vocation : Beauty : Designer/ Fashion
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator
