Bruno Gironcoli: Sculptor celebrated for his monumental designs and distorted outsize replics of everyday objects

Obituary of Bruno Gironcoli in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Charis Wilson: Model and writer who became muse and collaborator for the photographer Edward Weston

Obituary of Charis Wilson in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Kenneth Noland

Kenneth Noland was an American painter best known for his large-scale canvases, geometric figures and expanses of flat colour. Noland's "colour field" paintings, first seen in 1950s, were an example of what the art critic Clement Greenberg termed "post painterly abstraction".

Jeanne-Claude: Artist celebrated with her husband Christo for the pair's large-scale public artworks

Obituary of Jeanne-Claude in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Sarane Alexandrian: French art historian, poet and right-hand man to André Breton

Obituary of Sarane Alexandrian in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

John Michell: Expert on ancient knowledge and pioneer of the New Age

Obituary of John Michell in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Helen Levitt: Photographer renowned for her portraits of street life in New York

Obituary of Helen Levitt in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Inger Christensen: Experimental poet

Obituary of Inger Christensen in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Claude Berri: Film director and screenwriter best known for 'Jean de Florette' and 'Manon des Sources'

Obituary of Claude Berri in The Independent by Geoffrey MacNab, with additional notes on Claude Berri as an art collector by Marcus Williamson

Jacques Piccard: Oceanographer and pioneer of deep-sea exploration

Obituary of Jacques Piccard in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Publication of The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes-les-Bains

Publication of The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes-les-Bains (1886), by Abbé Henri Boudet, translated from the French by Marcus Williamson and Corella Hughes.

Review by Stella Maris

Enrico Donati: One of the last Surrealist artists

Obituary of Enrico Donati in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Exhibition: Rennes les Bains et ses historiens

16 - 19 January 2008 at Espace d'Art, Rennes les Bains

Christian Bourgois: French publisher of English writers

Obituary of Christian Bougois in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Richard Leigh: 'Holy Blood and the Holy Grail' author

Obituary of Richard Leigh in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Egon Bondy: Dissident 'literary hero'

Obituary of Egon Bondy in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Heinz Berggruen: Art collector and dealer

Obituary of Heinz Berggruen in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Ray Noorda: Pioneer of 'co-opetition'

Obituary of Ray Noorda in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Eva Svankmajerova: Painter, ceramicist and art director

Obituary of Eva Svankmajerova in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

Mimi Parent: 'Incorrigibly wild' Surrealist

Obituary of Mimi Parent in The Independent by Marcus Williamson