René Lalique
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René Jules Lalique was a French jeweller, medallist, and glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks, and automobile hood ornaments.
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Tomb of Lalique (and of his wife Alice and son Marc) in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Citroën Company Spirit of the Wind, Blackhawk Museum
Toyota: Horse
Calouste Gulbenkian
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Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was an Armenian-British businessman. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development and is credited with being t
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…also created pieces for Samuel Bing's Paris shop, the Maison de l'Art Nouveau, which gave Art Nouveau its name. One of Lalique's major patrons was Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, who commissioned more than 140 of his works over nearly 30 years. Many of these works can be seen on permanent display at the Calouste Gulbenkian…
Gulbenkian in the 1890s
Calouste Gulbenkian at age three
Gulbenkian in 1889 at the age of 20, newly graduated from King's College
Gulbenkian's wedding to Nevarte Essayan in London in 1892