Monday 6 April 2015

Pierre Soulages honoured

What have journalist Ann Sinclair and painter Pierre Soulages have in common? They are both among the people named in the Easter list of new members of the Légion d'Honneur, France's system of recognising merit.
Inaugurated by Napoleon in 1802 there are currently about 92000 members in four grades. Ann Sinclair is the editor of the French version of the Huffington Post, an on-line newspaper, and sadly famous as the ex-wife of DSK (therefore deserving of all honours and sympathy). Pierre Soulages is the 95 year old painter whose work can be seen in the eponymous museum/gallery in Rodez. He was raised to the "grand'croix" , the highest grade.
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