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Arthur Cravan

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Arthur Cravan

Birth
Lausanne, District de Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Death
Nov 1918 (aged 31)
Mexico
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Thought to have been lost and his small yacht wrecked in Pacific Ocean. Add to Map
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Born Fabian Avenarius Lloyd. Known as a puglist [boxer], and poet. Outlandish style, self proclaimed eccentric, art critic. An idol of the Dada or abstract art and Surrealism, a cultural movement of visual artworks.

He was born in Luasanne, Switzerland. Presumbed drowned when his small sail boat seemed to have disappeared off the coast of Salina Cruz, Mexico and thought to have parished in the Pacific Ocean.

A son of Otho Holland Lloyd and Helene Clara 9[St.Clair] Lloyd. Loved to brag about being the nephew of Oscar Wilde although rumor had it he never met his Aunt Constance Mary [Lloyd] Wilde's husband.

He married the daughter of Sigmund Lowry and Julia [Bryan] Lowry, Mina Gertrude Lowry Haweis. They lived in poverty that the famous Mina Loy would write about later.

His wife about to have a child they knew they must leave Mexico where he had come to avoid a the draft. Not enough funds for both of them to leave aboard a travel ship, Mina watched him sail off in a small yacht for Buenos Aires, and he was never seen again.

His daughter Fabienne Lloyd was born April 5, 1919 and raised by his then tragically called widow, and very famous poet, playwright, painter,When Arthur Cravan disappeared and was presumed dead in 1918, he left an equally illustrious list of 'occupations': 'poet, professor, boxer, dandy, flâneur, forger, critic, sailor, prospector, card sharper, lumberjack, bricoleur, thief, editor , chauffeur'. Son of Otho Holland Lloyd. Craven was the assumed name of Fabian Lloyd. Married Mina Loy,Poet, 1n1917. His Real Persona Remained to be an Enigma.
Born Fabian Avenarius Lloyd. Known as a puglist [boxer], and poet. Outlandish style, self proclaimed eccentric, art critic. An idol of the Dada or abstract art and Surrealism, a cultural movement of visual artworks.

He was born in Luasanne, Switzerland. Presumbed drowned when his small sail boat seemed to have disappeared off the coast of Salina Cruz, Mexico and thought to have parished in the Pacific Ocean.

A son of Otho Holland Lloyd and Helene Clara 9[St.Clair] Lloyd. Loved to brag about being the nephew of Oscar Wilde although rumor had it he never met his Aunt Constance Mary [Lloyd] Wilde's husband.

He married the daughter of Sigmund Lowry and Julia [Bryan] Lowry, Mina Gertrude Lowry Haweis. They lived in poverty that the famous Mina Loy would write about later.

His wife about to have a child they knew they must leave Mexico where he had come to avoid a the draft. Not enough funds for both of them to leave aboard a travel ship, Mina watched him sail off in a small yacht for Buenos Aires, and he was never seen again.

His daughter Fabienne Lloyd was born April 5, 1919 and raised by his then tragically called widow, and very famous poet, playwright, painter,When Arthur Cravan disappeared and was presumed dead in 1918, he left an equally illustrious list of 'occupations': 'poet, professor, boxer, dandy, flâneur, forger, critic, sailor, prospector, card sharper, lumberjack, bricoleur, thief, editor , chauffeur'. Son of Otho Holland Lloyd. Craven was the assumed name of Fabian Lloyd. Married Mina Loy,Poet, 1n1917. His Real Persona Remained to be an Enigma.


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