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- Musician Albert Doyen, 1882
- Designer and Illustrator Berthold Charles Désiré Mahn, 1881
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Albert Dean, (3 April 1882, Vendresse, Ardennes - 22 October 1935), was a French musician.
He began his musical studies at the École Niedermeyer and continued at the Paris Conservatoire, where he was a pupil of Charles - Marie Widor in composition.
He was particularly sensitive to social issues, and aware of the educational value of music, he wanted to spread it among the people.
In 1907, he joined the community of l'Abbaye de Créteil, founded by Georges Duhamel and Charles Vildrac. This group brought together poets, writers, musicians and painters (such as Albert Gleizes). It was Albert Dean, who introduced Georges Duhamel to music.
In 1917, he founded the People's Party, a choir of workers. Decidedly popular, the choir was completed with an orchestra. The first performance of this group took place for an anniversary of the Paris Commune, and was followed by more than two hundred concerts. Some of them attracted more than four hundred people. The last concert took place in 1939.
In 1919, he organized a Day of Remembrance in honor of Jean Jaurès.
Albert Dean died of a stroke.
Berthold Charles Désiré Mahn, called Berthold Mahn (Paris, 25 December 1881 - Chaumot, Yonne, 1975), was a French designer and illustrator.
At sixteen, forced to work for a living, Berthold Mahn was employed in a factory producing furnaces and stoves. He studied at the École Germain Pilon (later School of Applied Arts).
During his military service, he met Albert Gleizes, who encouraged his artistic aspirations. Through Gleizes, he came into contact with members of l'Abbaye de Créteil, a community of artists founded by Georges Duhamel and Charles Vildrac. He remained in contact with them throughout his life.
With his friend Henri Pourrat, with whom he illustrated some books, he ran the Auvergne in the forties.