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Barre, Raymond

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Barre, Raymond (bär), 1924–, French politician. He studied at the Institut D'Études Politiques, taught, and then, in 1959, became an economic adviser to the government of Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle, Charles , 1890–1970, French general and statesman, first president (1959–69) of the Fifth Republic. The World Wars


During World War I de Gaulle served with distinction until his capture in 1916.
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1976, he became minister of foreign trade and then succeeded Jacques Chirac Chirac, Jacques René , 1932–, French political leader, president of France (1995–), b. Paris. He attended the National School of Administration, joined the civil service, and began his political career in 1961 working for Premier Georges Pompidou.
..... Click the link for more information.  as premier, serving from 1976 to 1981. Although he was a right-wing politician who pursued an austere economic program, Barre was a popular leader. He was elected to the national assembly in 1978 as a member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF). In 1988 Barre placed third in the presidential election, behind François Mitterrand Mitterrand, François Maurice , 1916–96, French political leader, president of France, 1981–95. Initially a supporter of Pétain's Vichy government during World War II, he joined the Resistance in 1943.
..... Click the link for more information.  and Chirac. He was elected mayor of Lyons, France in 1995.
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When I first heard about "La peinture apres l'abstraction," documenting work done in Paris between 1955 and 1975 by five artists as unlike as Simon Hantai, Jean Degottex, Martin Barre, Raymond Hains, and Jacques de la Villegle, I thought the project utterly crackpot.
"LA PEINTURE APRES L'ABSTRACTION" by BOIS, YVE-ALAIN / Artforum International
 
 
 
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