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Klein, Yves
(Encyclopedia)Klein, Yves, 1928–62, French painter. With critic Pierre Restany, he was a leader of the avant-garde movement called Nouveau Réalisme (founded 1960). In the 1950s Klein began to work in monochromes...Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
(Encyclopedia)Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent äNtwänˈ lōräNˈ lävwäzyāˈ [key], 1743–94, French chemist and physicist, a founder of modern chemistry. He studied under eminent men of his day, won early recognit...St. Laurent, Louis Stephen
(Encyclopedia)St. Laurent, Louis Stephen săN lôräNˈ [key], 1882–1973, Canadian political leader. A well-known lawyer, he entered (1941) political life as minister of justice and attorney general in the Macken...Montand, Yves
(Encyclopedia)Montand, Yves ēv môNtäNˈ [key], 1921–1991, French singer and actor, b. Italy as Ivo Livi. His family settled in Marseille when he was an infant. He quit school at 11, held various manual-labor j...Leterme, Yves
(Encyclopedia)Leterme, Yves ēv lĕtûrˈmĕ [key], 1960–, Belgian political leader, prime minister of Belgium (2008, 2009–11), grad. Catholic Univ. of Leuvan (LL.B., 1981), Ghent Univ. (M.A., 1985). A Dutch-sp...verism
(Encyclopedia)verism vērˈĭzəm [key], artistic style in which photographic realism is combined with hallucinatory or ironic images. Its practitioners, including Salvador Dalí and Yves Tanguy, often make use of ...Fabius, Laurent
(Encyclopedia)Fabius, Laurent lôräNˈ fäbyüsˈ [key], 1946– French politician. After graduating from the École National d'Administration, he became an auditor at the Council of State and has been a Socialist...Chauvin, Yves
(Encyclopedia)Chauvin, Yves, 1930–2015, French chemist, b. Menen, Belgium, grad. Lyon School of Chemistry, Physics, and Electronics (CPE), 1954. Chauvin was a research engineer (1960–91) and then research direc...Auray
(Encyclopedia)Auray ôrāˈ [key], town , Morbihan dept., NW France, in Brittany, on the Auray River estuary. Oysters are bred, food is canned, and furniture is manufactured. Nearby the...Schrock, Richard Royce
(Encyclopedia)Schrock, Richard Royce, 1945–, American chemist, b. Berne, Ind., Ph.D Harvard, 1971. After working for three years with the Dupont Company, he became (1972) a professor at the Massachusetts Institut...Browse by Subject
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