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Lachaise

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Noun1.LachaiseLachaise - United States sculptor (born in France) noted for his large nude figures (1882-1935)


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She saw so much cheerfulness around her that she even contrasted the Mount Auburn Cemetery to Pere Lachaise by saying that the former had "cheerful glades" that teemed with the promise of life, thanksgiving and joy, while the latter displayed every expression of mourning and none of hope.
Refashioning the figure: Gaston Lachaise and 'Elevation'.
His comment typifies the oppression of his regime and goes a long way to explaining why the burial of figures of the liberal opposition turned the Cemetery of Pere Lachaise into a plein-air pantheon of the left.
 
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