Jean Cocteau (French 1889-1963)
French artist and writer, who made his name widely known in poetry, fiction, film, ballet, paintings and opera.
Cocteau's work reflect the influence of surrealism, psychoanalysis, cubism, Catholic Religion and the use of opium. In his time Cocteau was a promoter of avant-garde styles and fashions, and his friends included such prominent figures and Pablo Picasso, the composer Erik Satie, the writer Marcel Proust, and the Russian director Serge Diaghilev.