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Malcolm de Chazal (12 September 1902 – 1 October 1981) was a Mauritian writer, painter, and visionary, known especially for his Sens-Plastique, a work consisting of ...
Malcolm de Chazal was a common Mauritian visionary writer and painter who was often seen in the capital, mostly at the central market, Champ de Mars and l'hôtel National. Robert Edouard-Hart, a great poet found in this very active city a source of inspiration.
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De Chazal was born on 15 December 1770, in Port Louis, Isle de France. He was deputy of the district of Pamplemousses, in the colonial Assembly of the Isle de France. He was an amateur painter and is known for his portrait of the British cartographer and Royal Navy captain Matthew Flinders, painted in 1806–1807. [1] The fourth edition of the ...
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Chazal or Ḥazal (Hebrew: חז״ל) [a] are the Jewish sages of the Mishnaic and Talmudic eras, spanning from the final 300 years of the Second Temple period until the 7th century, or c. 250 BCE – c. 625 CE. Their authority was mostly in the field of Halakha (Jewish law) and less regarding Jewish theology. [1]
In 1939 the Jan Andolan was founded by activist Basdeo Bissoondoyal soon after his return from tertiary studies in India, at the start of World War II.The term Jan Andolan literally means movement of the people.
The French writer and painter Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981) called the central image of Jupiter and Semele "this birth-death in one". The Swedish surrealist Ragnar von Holten (1934–2009) described the work as "an allegory of regeneration by death".