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Founded by French architect Auguste Mariette in an attempt to stop the flow of artifacts to museums around the world, it has grown into one of the major collections in the world, housing some of the finest treasures of the ancient Egyptian civilization.
Graham's aptly named book crosscuts between the engrossing social history of her life and times--populated by the likes of Marie Curie, Edward Steichen, Auguste Rodin, Thomas Mann, Bernard Baruch, Walter Lippmann, FDR, Truman Capote, LBJ, Jessica Mitford, Scotty Reston, Emperor Hirohito, Bill and Babe Paley, and Richard Nixon--and her agonizing personal history.
His grandfather Auguste Piccard invented the submersible bathyscaph and was the first person to balloon into the stratosphere.
Of all the Impressionist painters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, alchemist of elegance, had the humblest beginnings.
Printed in bold letters at the entrance of the show is a startling claim by Degas' fellow painter Auguste Renoir: "If Degas had died at 50, he would have been remembered as an excellent painter, no more; it is after his 50 th year that his work broadened out and that he really becomes Degas."