Jacques Suzanne
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Painting
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, artist
Artist
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and explorer.
Biography
Suzanne was born Albert Jacques Suzanne April 17, 1880 in Trouville-sur-MerTrouville-sur-Mer
Trouville-sur-Mer, commonly referred to as Trouville, is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.Trouville-sur-Mer borders Deauville...
, Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, France
France
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. He trained in fine arts at the Le Havre
Le Havre
Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...
art school. He married Juliette Isabelle Emma DuChemin on December 5, 1903.
After his first wife died in child birth he migrated to the United States arriving through Ellis Island
Ellis Island
Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States. It was the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with landfill between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the...
October 21, 1905.
He claims to have attempted to reach the north pole but gave when up when Robert Peary
Robert Peary
Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole...
made it in 1909.
He married Hannah Moynihan in the early 1930s and had three children: Pierre, Jacques, and Ninon. They lived in Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
where he bred husky
Husky
Husky is a general name for a type of dog originally used to pull sleds in northern regions, differentiated from other sled dog types by their fast hard pulling style...
dogs for film and tourism purposes. He appeared in several films including Out of Snows (1916) and The Spell of the Yukon
The Spell of the Yukon (film)
The Spell of the Yukon is a 1916 silent American drama film directed by Burton L. King.- Cast :* Edmund Breese as Jim Carson* Arthur Hoops as Albert Temple* Christine Mayo as Helen Temple* William Sherwood as Bob Adams...
(1916)
He had a great friend Noah John Rondeau
Noah John Rondeau
Noah John Rondeau was a widely known hermit in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.-Biography:...
, a well known hermit of the area.
He died on August 1, 1967 in Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
. He was buried in North Elba near his friend Noah, who died 23 days later.