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Jean Cocteau, French, 1889 - 1963
Cocteau rose to prominence as a writer with the 1919 publication of 'Le Potomak', a collection of prose, verse, and humorous drawings. As a typical 'Renaissance Man', at the same time as working on his writings, ballets, plays and films, he also worked on many paintings, drawings, prints, tapestries, and programme notes for avant-garde composers.
Cocteau's works reflect the influence of surrealism, psychoanalysis, cubism, the Catholic religion; occasionally they were opium influenced. In his time Cocteau was a promoter of avant-garde styles and fashions. His friends included such prominent figures as Pablo Picasso, the composer Erik Satie, the writer Marcel Proust, and the Russian director Serge Diaghilev.
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