André Bloc [SEP] place of death
André Bloc
André Bloc (Algiers, May 23, 1896 – New Delhi, November 8, 1966) was a French sculptor, magazine editor, and founder of several specialist journals. He founded the "Groupe Espace" in 1949.
His work is related to that of architects Auguste Perret, Henri Sauvage, and Jourdain.
Biography.
Born in Algeria, he moved to France in 1898. He studied engineering until 1920, then worked in motor and turbine factories.
In 1921 he met Le Corbusier
them of plotting with Mitterrand in order to dissolve the PCF in Social Democracy. He let André Lajoinie, leader of the Communist group in the French National Assembly, represent the party in the 1988 presidential election. He was reserved about perestroika. Unlike the Italian Communists, he refused to change the name of the French party after the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
In 1994, at the 28th Congress of the PCF, he ceded his place as General Secretary to Robert Hue, although he maintained his titular role as a