What secrets lie within a simple street name? Rue du Petit Chatenay sounds unassuming. It is just a street in Châtenay-Malabry France. It has been known by another name. It was called Rue du Petit-Châtenay.
Rue du Petit Chatenay is quite ordinary. Yet streets often hold more than meets the eye. Rue du Petit Chatenay is identified with the code 9220197139G. It also has the identifier 991001192019713914.
The French painter Jean Milhau died in Châtenay-Malabry. Jean Milhau was born in Mèze. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts. Milhau also studied law. He taught. He was an inspector delegated to the prospecting of historic sites and monuments. Milhau was a 20th-century French artist.
Jean Milhau joined the Resistance in the winter of 1940-1941. The French police arrested him. He was placed under house arrest in April 1943. Milhau then went underground. He joined the Front National. He actively participated in the liberation of Rodez.
Jean Milhau collaborated with the magazine L’Âne d’Or. He became a member of the Salon d’Automne in 1947. Maurice Denis and Henri Focillon recommended Jean Milhau to Jean de Brunhoff. Brunhoff was the father of Babar. He directed the Vogue press group. Milhau worked as a graphic designer. He also did page layout for Vogue and Gallimard publications.
Milhau also took part in debates about realism in the arts. He befriended fellow painters. After the Liberation they formed the socialist realism movement. Jean Milhau joined the French Communist Party in 1938.
In 1941 Jean Milhau was recruited by the historical monuments administration. He was appointed inspector for historic sites. After the war Jean Milhau devoted himself to painting. He ensured the direction of the magazine Arts de France. He also founded the Union of Visual Arts. Jean Milhau died in Chatenay-Malabry.
Rue du Petit Chatenay is part of a town with a rich history. It was touched by the life of painter Jean Milhau. This painter was committed to his art. He was committed to his country. Rue du Petit Chatenay therefore whispers stories of art. It also whispers stories of resistance.