Places of Remembrance in Bois-le-Roi

ADDRESSES OF ARTISTS & WRITERS
IN BOIS-LE-ROI

  • Antoine Jean Bail (1847–1927), Franck Antoine Bail (1858–1924)
  • Joseph Claude Bail (1862-1921), painters, Avenue Foch
  • Charles Castellani-Leonzi (1838-1913), painter, writer, composer, Villa Marchand, 13 Rue Castellani, Sermaize
  • Louis Couturat (1868-1914), philosopher, linguist, and mathematician, Villa Graziella, 3 rue des Écoles
  • Anatole France (1844-1924), writer and literary critic, Nobel Prize winner in literature, Épicerie auberge de M Le Bœuf, corner of rue Michelet, 61 avenue Alfred Roll, Brolles
  • Henry Howe (1846-1929), American painter, Hôtel Deligant, formerly Au Rendez-vous des Artistes, 67 avenue Alfred Roll, Brolles
  • Paul Langevin (1872-1940), physicist, avenue de la Forêt
  • Gustave Mathieu (1808-1877), poet and songwriter, in the hamlet of La Cave, Sermaize
  • Olivier Métra (1830-1859), composer, Villa Les Roses, corner of Rue Poupart-Davyl and Quai Olivier Métra, Sermaize
  • Louis de Monard (1873-1939), painter and sculptor, rue de la Presche
  • Éliane Montel (1898-1992), physicist, who had an illegitimate son with the famous physicist Paul Langevin (1872-1940), Paul-Gilbert Langevin, musicologist, rue de la Croix de Vitry
  • Georges Moreau de Tours (1848-1901) and Thérèse Moreau de Tours (1861–1921), painters, Avenue Foch, 62, 64, 77, 79
  • Mistinguett (1873-1956), variety singer, Villa Fanfan, avenue Galliéni, Brolles
  • Louis Noir (1837-1903), journalist and writer, 35 rue de la République  
  • Robert Noir (1864-1931), painter, 35 rue de la République
  • Louis Périn (1870-1940), architect and watercolorist, Le Clos Barbeau, 3 quai de la Ruelle, Brolles, Le Manoir de Seine, Chartrettes bridge, Chartrettes
  • Aimé Perret (1847-1927), painter, Villa Les Cigales, rue Guido Sigriste, Bois-le-Roi
  • Louis Poupart-Davyl, known as Louis Davyl (1835-1890), publisher, novelist, and playwright, rue Poupart-Davyl, Sermaize
  • Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965), American painter, Hôtel Deligant, formerly Au Rendez-vous des Artistes, 67 avenue Alfred Roll, Brolles
  • Émile Rochard, playwright, poet, and director of the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Ambigu-Comique, and the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris,
  • La Ruelle, 17 quai de la Ruelle, and Le Vieux Logis, formerly La Jeannette, 23 quai de la Ruelle, Brolles
  • Jacques Roques, known as Jacques d’Ondes (1852-1921), composer, and Adèle Porchez Roques (1855-1928), painter, La Maison du Philosophe, avenue Carnot
  • Jeanne Roques, known as Musidora (1889-1957), silent film actress and director, La Maison du Philosophe, avenue Carnot, Bois-le-Roi, then avenue Foch
  • Alfred Roll (1846-1919), painter and sculptor, La Béllandière, 48 Avenue Alfred Roll, Brolles
  • Kuroda Seiki (1866-1924), Japanese painter, Auberge Masson, restaurant des Familles, Brolles
    Guido Sigriste (1864-1831), painter and photographer, rue Guido Sigriste
    Georges Thill (1897-1984), opera singer, tenor, Villa Le Rocher, Chemin des Coureurs, Bois-le-Roi 

STREETS OF BOIS-LE-ROI NAMED AFTER ARTISTS AND WRITERS

  • Joseph Bail (1862-1921), painter, Bois-le-Roi
  • Charles Castellani (1838-1913), painter, writer, composer, Sermaize
  • Louis Létang (1855-1938), journalist and novelist, Mayor of Bois-le-Roi 1892-1908
  • Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898), poet, who lived in Valvins, in the commune of Vualine-sur-Seine, near Samois, Rue Stéphane Mallarmé, Brolles
  • Gustave Mathieu (1808-1877), poet and songwriter, Bois-le-Roi
  • Olivier Métra (1830-1859), composer, Quai Olivier Métra, Sermaize
  • Louis de Monard (1873-1939), painter and sculptor, Square de Monard, Bois-le-Roi
  • Georges Moreau de Tours (1848-1901), painter, Bois-le-Roi
  • Louis Noir (1837-1903), journalist and writer
  • Louis Périn (1870-1940), architect and watercolorist, Bois-le-Roi
  • Aimé Perret (1847-1927), painter, Bois-le-Roi
  • Louis Poupart-Davyl, known as Louis Davyl (1835-1890), publisher, novelist, and playwright
  • Alfred Roll (1846-1919), painter and sculptor, Avenue Alfred Roll, Brolles
  • Jeanne Roques, known as Musidora (1889-1957), actress and director of silent films, Impasse Musidora, Bois-le-Roi
  • Guido Sigriste (1864-1831), painter, Bois-le-Roi

TOMBS OF ARTISTS AND LITERARY FIGURES AT THE BOIS-LE-ROI CEMETERY

  • Charles Castellani-Leonzi (1838-1913), painter, writer, composer
  • Paul Langevin (1872-1940), physicist, interred in the Pantheon since 1948, Emma Langevin (1874-1970), his widow, still rests there
  • Louis Létang (1855-1938), journalist and novelist, Mayor of Bois-le-Roi 1892-1908
  • Gustave Mathieu (1808-1877), poet and songwriter
  • Olivier Métra (1830-1859), composer
  • Louis de Monard (1873-1939), painter and sculptor
  • Georges Moreau de Tours (1848-1901) and Thérèse Moreau de Tours (1861–1921), painters
  • Louis Noir (1837-1903), journalist and writer
  • Louis Périn (1870-1940), architect and watercolorist
  • Aimé Perret (1847-1927), painter
  • Louis Poupart-Davyl, known as Louis Davyl (1835-1890), publisher, novelist, and playwright
  • Jacques Roques, known as Jacques d’Ondes (1852-1921), composer
  • Jeanne Roques, known as Musidora (1889-1957), actress and director of silent films
  • Gilberte Thill (1903-1966), widow of tenor Georges Thill (1897-1984)

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