Famous People with Name Salle

George H. Bon Salle            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George H. Bon Salle: is a former professional basketball player. A 6'8" forward, he starred at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois, before playing at the University of Illinois.

David Salle            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Salle: an American painter and leading contemporary figurative artist.His paintings comprise what appeared to be randomly juxtaposed images, or images painted on top of each other with deliberately ham-fisted paint handling. His subject matter tended toward the popular, the gratuitous, and the pornographic, and was combined in ways that appeared deliberately incomprehensible. His work was called "cynical", "heartless", "calculating", and "cold".

François Salle            Origin/Culture/Country: French

François Salle: was a 19th century French realist painter. He is best known for the painting The Anatomy Class at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1888)

Marie Sallé            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Marie Sallé: was a French dancer and choreographer known for her expressive, dramatic performances rather than a series of "leaps and frolics" typical of ballet of her time. As a choreographer she integrated music, costumes, and dance styles of her ballets with their themes, thereby anticipating the reforms made by choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre in the late 18th century. She changed the costume from heavy long dress to muslin flowing material which caused shock and delight.

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle            Origin/Culture/Country: French

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle: was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.