Nicolas de Staël

Russian painter (1914-1955).

Born January 5th, 1914 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Died March 16th, 1955 at 41 years old in Antibes (falling). [ref]

Occupations
painter, printmaker

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel