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Lucien Biva's family nicknamed him "the anarchist", perhaps because he rejected part of the family pictorial legacy. In New York, when he exhibited at the Sixth Annual
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U.S. Pat. No. D-59,177 issued to Lucien Biva on Oct. 4, 1921 discloses a design for a
Textile Fabric or similar article wherein the material is gathered and apparently sewn along straight seams at regular intervals to create a rippled or wrinkled appearance. However, the regular spacing of the seams
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Various reasons impelled Lucien Biva to emigrate to the United States. His father was a well-known painter, and it may have been difficult for Lucien Biva to make a name for himself without being linked to the work of his father.
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At least one of Biva's designs, U.S. patent 59.177 of 1921, inspired other patents, such as U.S. patent 5,445,863, of 1995, used in clothing and other camouflage material for activities such as hunting and military maneuvers.
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Lucien Biva benefited from the creativity inherent in his family, as well as from the proliferation of artistic environment of
Montmartre at the end of 19th century and early 20th century, the so–called the
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1945, the newsletter of the
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and their straight lines fail to provide a natural appearance, as is accomplished with the irregular seams of the present invention.
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 289, the University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1921
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Fibre & Fabric: A Record of American Textile Industries in the Cotton and Woolen Trade, Volume 69, 1921
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Benezit E, Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Designers and Engravers, 1999, Volume 2, p. 356
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Aristide Frézard, Stanislas Frézard, Revue des eaux et forêts, Volume 53, Berger-Levrault, 1915
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Aristide Frézard, Stanislas Frézard, Revue des eaux et forêts, Volume 53, Berger-Levrault, 1915
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Design for a textile fabric or similar article, Patented 4 October 1921
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of Paris. At this time his professors included the poster designer
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488:Harvest time, Chartres, France
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328:Après-midi, Villeneuve l'Etang
284:Society of Independent Artists
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