Joanni Perronet
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Born | 19 October 1877 Paris, France |
Died | 1 April 1950 | (aged 72)
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Sport | Fencing |
Joanni Maurice Perronnet (19 October 1877 – 1 April 1950) was a French painter and fencer.
He was son of music composer Joanni Perronnet and Blanche Guérard, as well as grandson of the playwright and lyricist Amélie Perronnet.
He was a fencing master, the only professional allowed to compete in the Olympic Games at the time. Two such masters, Perronet and Leonidas Pyrgos of Greece, competed in a special foil fencing event at the first modern Olympics. The two faced each other in an event that consisted of a single bout to three touches. Perronet lost the bout, 3-1.[1] He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a silver medal and 3 goats.[2]
He had close links to Sarah Bernhardt, she was his godmother.[3] In 1908, he became secretary-general of the Sarah-Bernhardt Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt.
He is known as a painter, most of his paintings are seascapes.[3] He also designed many posters for French railway companies[4] and painted several portraits of Sarah Bernhardt.
References[]
- ^ "Joanni Perronet". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Joanni Perronet Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Perronnet, Maurice. 1. Oxford University Press. 2011-10-31. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00139248.
- ^ "Ventes aux enchères Maurice PERRONNET (1877 - 1950)". catalogue.gazette-drouot.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- Fencers at the 1896 Summer Olympics
- 19th-century sportsmen
- French male fencers
- Olympic fencers of France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- 1877 births
- 1950 deaths
- Fencers from Paris
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics
- French fencing Olympic medalist stubs
- French painters