Arthur Cravan (born Fabian Avenarius Lloyd on May 22, 1887, Lausanne, Switzerland) was known as a pugilist, a poet, a larger-than-life character, and an idol of the Dada and Surrealism movements. His father's sister, Constance Mary Lloyd, was married to Irish poet Oscar Wilde. He changed his name to Cravan in 1912 in honour of his fiancée Renée Bouchet, who was born in the small village of Cravans in the department of Charente-Maritime in western France. Why he chose the name Arthur remains unclear.
His style of looking for the striking and shocking had some roots in the contemporary cult of the young man of action (athletes, soldiers, flamboyant artists) but strongly prefigured dadaism and even rock'n'roll attitudes - Cravan's way of flaunting the brazen and semi-ridiculous had more than a passing resemblance to the showmanship of Little Richard or Marc Bolan a half-century later. Cravan was last seen at Salina Cruz, Mexico in 1918 and most likely drowned in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico in November 1918.
Cravan, Caravage même combat :D
ReplyDeleteSympa la photo en manteau de fourrure. j'aime bien cette mode de la fourrure déclinée au masculin.
Magnifique la régule, j'adore.
It is a bronze ;-)
ReplyDeleteRien à voir avec le sujet mais je me demande si mon futur fiancé accepterai de porter mon vison ??? Peu de chance que la réponse soit favorable mais qui tente rien n'a rien :
ReplyDelete"Oh Chéri, je t'en supplie, met mon vison, peint toi les ongles en noir, tout ça restera entre nous ha ha ha ha !!!" Muahhhh ah ah ah ah ah !!!"
alors si le mec prend pas la fuite, je l'épouse ha ha ha ha !!!
Excellent!!
ReplyDeletej'avais déjà lu un article sur ce monsieur dans télérama, et j'avais surtout bloqué sur cette même photo de lui en fourrure et chapeau melon..
ce cravan a une Gueule magnifique!
je m'y suis pas encore intéressé de plus près, notamment sur le plan poésie mais cet article m'en a redonné l'envie
merci!