Photographer, known for his elegant pictures of his Swedish first wife, Lisa Fonssagrives, one of the world's top models and his later pictures of female nudes with patterns of light on their skin. He was also a popular fashion photographer in the 1940's and 50's when he took pictures for Town and Country and Harper's Bazaar magazines. Born near Paris, married to his first wife Lisa in 1935 and both became dancers, but he said he had to give that up after he was injured in a diving accident. They divorced and in 1950 Lisa married the photographer Irving Penn. His second wife Diane Capron, a professional figure skater and teacher also ended in divorce. The native Frenchman lived the last 30 years of his life in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is survived by a daughter from his first marriage, Mia Fonssagrives-Solow and a son from his second marriage, Mark.
Son of French sculptor, Pierre Vigoureux (born in Avallon, France on April 4, 1884) and Jeanne Lise Marie Emma Fonssagrives (born in 1887 in Saigon, Vietnam). Jeanne was described in the Paris newspaper Le Temps as a "singer and pianist" in a radio concert (Broadcast from the Eiffel Tower) scheduled for the evening of April 29, 1925. Pierre and Jeanne married on October 17, 1907. They had three children; Jean, b. 12/21/07, Fernand, b. 6/10/10, and Madeleine, born circa 1914.
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Son of French sculptor, Pierre Vigoureux (born in Avallon, France on April 4, 1884) and Jeanne Lise Marie Emma Fonssagrives (born in 1887 in Saigon, Vietnam). Jeanne was described in the Paris newspaper Le Temps as a "singer and pianist" in a radio concert (Broadcast from the Eiffel Tower) scheduled for the evening of April 29, 1925. Pierre and Jeanne married on October 17, 1907. They had three children; Jean, b. 12/21/07, Fernand, b. 6/10/10, and Madeleine, born circa 1914.
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Photographer, known for his elegant pictures of his Swedish first wife, Lisa Fonssagrives, one of the world's top models and his later pictures of female nudes with patterns of light on their skin. He was also a popular fashion photographer in the 1940's and 50's when he took pictures for Town and Country and Harper's Bazaar magazines. Born near Paris, married to his first wife Lisa in 1935 and both became dancers, but he said he had to give that up after he was injured in a diving accident. They divorced and in 1950 Lisa married the photographer Irving Penn. His second wife Diane Capron, a professional figure skater and teacher also ended in divorce. The native Frenchman lived the last 30 years of his life in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is survived by a daughter from his first marriage, Mia Fonssagrives-Solow and a son from his second marriage, Mark.
Son of French sculptor, Pierre Vigoureux (born in Avallon, France on April 4, 1884) and Jeanne Lise Marie Emma Fonssagrives (born in 1887 in Saigon, Vietnam). Jeanne was described in the Paris newspaper Le Temps as a "singer and pianist" in a radio concert (Broadcast from the Eiffel Tower) scheduled for the evening of April 29, 1925. Pierre and Jeanne married on October 17, 1907. They had three children; Jean, b. 12/21/07, Fernand, b. 6/10/10, and Madeleine, born circa 1914.
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Son of French sculptor, Pierre Vigoureux (born in Avallon, France on April 4, 1884) and Jeanne Lise Marie Emma Fonssagrives (born in 1887 in Saigon, Vietnam). Jeanne was described in the Paris newspaper Le Temps as a "singer and pianist" in a radio concert (Broadcast from the Eiffel Tower) scheduled for the evening of April 29, 1925. Pierre and Jeanne married on October 17, 1907. They had three children; Jean, b. 12/21/07, Fernand, b. 6/10/10, and Madeleine, born circa 1914.
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