![]() ![]() Jullian suffered terribly during the Second World War he managed to survive by visiting some disapproving cousins dressed as a maiden aunt, whom they were happy to feed. Snobbery, a talent for sensitive daydreaming, and a consuming passion for antiques, obscure art and social history, made a very different figure out of the thin and dreamy young man. His career began as an artist in Paris with a reputation for drag-acts parodying English spinsters. ![]() "Philippe Jullian (1919-1977), born to the intellectual family of Bordeaux Protestants which produced the well-known French historian, Camille Jullian, was a last and lasting example of pre-war camp. The following is an excerpt from Philip Core, 'Camp: The Lie that Tells the Truth' (1984):.Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990. ![]()
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