Lil Picard Lil Picard Lil Picard, (born Lilli Elisabeth Benedick October 4, 1899 – May 10, 1994) was a cabaret actress, artist and critic born in Landau, Germany in 1899, who took part in several generations of Counterculture and Avant-garde art in Berlin and in New York City. Lil Picard was born Lilli Elisabeth Benedick October 4, 1899 in Landau, Germany. She was the only child of Jakob, a wine producer and merchant, and Rosalie Benedick. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Strasbourg, Germany, which is now in France. Seeking solace from her parents, Lil found meaning in books. Westermann's "Monashefte"
Archibald (name) Archibald (name) Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements "erchan" (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and "bald" "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German "Erchambald, Erkanbold, Erkanbald" and Anglo-Saxon "Eorcenbald". Erkanbald, bishop of Strasbourg (d. 991) was also rendered "Archaunbault" in Old French. The Anglo-Saxon name did not survive, and the modern given name in English derives from the introduction of the Old French name, with a secondary association of its first element with the Greek prefix "archi-" meaning "chief, master", to Norman England in the high medieval period. The form "Archibald" became