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Guy de Lussigny

Guy de Lussigny, French painter and sculptor (died 2001)

Born
August 30, 1929
Died
July 14, 2001
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1929

About Guy de Lussigny

Guy de Lussigny was a French painter of the school of geometric abstraction. The gallerist Colette Allendy organised Lussigny's first individual exhibition in Paris in 1959. In 1968, the Institut de France and the Académie des Beaux-Arts awarded him the Prix Dumas-Millier.

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Guy de Lussigny timeline

  1. The gallerist Colette Allendy organised Lussigny's first individual exhibition in Paris in 1959.
  2. In 1968, the Institut de France and the Académie des Beaux-Arts awarded him the Prix Dumas-Millier.

The world when Guy de Lussigny was born

Guy de Lussigny was born in 1929. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1929

  • #1 song"Singin' in the Rain"
  • Top movieThe Broadway Melody (first Best Picture winner)
  • Best-selling bookA Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst baseball All-Star Game proposed
  • Top headlineStock market crashes on Black Tuesday
  • Technology milestoneFirst Academy Awards ceremony held
  • Defining fadYo-yos
  • Notable inventionCar radio
  • World population2.10 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
  • U.S. population121.8M

1929 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Guy de Lussigny's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19292026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,300$435,000
Average income$3,850$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population121.8M341 million

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