Claire Fauteux Claire Fauteux Claire Fauteux (23 September 1890 – 8 July 1988) was a Canadian painter. Fauteux specialized in portrait and landscape paintings, occasionally creating murals. During World War II, she was interred in France by the Germans during the occupation. While imprisoned, she created a series of illustrations which would be published in her book, "Fantastic Voyage." Marie Claire Fauteux was born in Montreal, Canada in September 1890. She studied at the Art Association of Montreal before proceeding to go to Europe, where she continued her studies at the Académie Julian in Paris. She focused on portrait and landscape painting.
Town & Country (magazine) Town & Country (magazine) Town & Country, formerly the Home Journal and The National Press, is a monthly American lifestyle magazine. It is the oldest continually published general interest magazine in the United States. It was founded by poet and essayist Nathaniel Parker Willis and "New York Evening Mirror" newspaper editor George Pope Morris, as "The National Press" in 1846. Eight months later, it was renamed "The Home Journal". After 1901, the magazine title became ""Town & Country"" and it has retained that name ever since. Throughout most of the 19th century, this weekly magazine featured poetry, essays, and fiction.