jewish-artist
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moussa koné beyla
As noted in his biography, Sacha joined the French army during the First World War. For the first part of his service, he was based “internally”. There was a publication called ‘Bulletin des écrivains’ which had a section at the back. It contained columns listing the location of writers. Sacha was included in these columns…
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a portrait of tsuguharu foujita
Like Sacha, Tsuguharu Foujita was enamoured with Montparnasse and became a prominent member of its artistic community. He travelled from his home country of Japan in 1913, only three years after Sacha arrived in 1910 (see Sacha’s biography). He altered the spelling of his name from Fujita to Foujita during this time, and adopted the…