The school was set up under the auspices of local rabbis, for the orphaned children of murdered deportees. Gainsbourg obtained work teaching music and drawing in a school outside of Paris, in Le Mesnil-le-Roi. He never saw action and spent the time playing dirty songs on his guitar, visiting prostitutes and drinking, later admitting that the service made him an alcoholic.
In 1948, he was conscripted by the military for twelve months of service in Courbevoie. They married on 3 November 1951 and were divorced by 1957. There, Gainsbourg would meet his first wife Elisabeth "Lize" Levitsky, daughter of Russian aristocrats who was also a part-time model. In 1945, Gainsbourg's (Ginsburg's) father enrolled him into Beaux-Arts de Paris, a prestigious art school, before he switched to the Académie de Montmartre, where his professors included the likes of André Lhote and Fernand Léger. Gainsbourg attended the Lycée Condorcet high school in Paris but dropped out before completing his Baccalauréat. Limoges was in the Zone libre under the administration of the collaborationist Vichy government and still a perilous refuge for Jews, and it became even more dangerous after Germany occupied it in 1942. During the occupation, the Jewish Ginsburg family was able to make their way from Paris to Limoges, travelling under false papers. The identifying yellow star that Jews were required to wear haunted Gainsbourg in later years he was able to transmute this memory into creative inspiration. Gainsbourg's childhood was profoundly affected by the occupation of France by Germany during World War II.
Joseph Ginsburg was a classically trained musician whose profession was playing the piano in cabarets and casinos he taught his children-Gainsbourg and his twin sister Liliane-to play the piano. He was the son of Jewish emigrants of Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian origin, Joseph and Olga Ginsburg, who fled to Paris via Istanbul after the 1917 Russian Revolution. Lucien Ginsburg was born in Paris on 2 April 1928. moi non plus" and " Bonnie and Clyde", respectively.īiography 1928–1956: Early years He has also gained a cult following all over the world with chart success in the United Kingdom and Belgium with " Je t'aime. While controversial in his lifetime, he has become one of France's best-loved public figures. Since his death from a second heart attack in 1991, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France. Gainsbourg wrote over 550 songs, which have been covered more than 1,000 times by diverse artists.
His lyrical works incorporated wordplay, with humorous, bizarre, provocative, sexual, satirical or subversive overtones. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative and scandalous releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion.
Serge Gainsbourg ( French: ⓘ born Lucien Ginsburg 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director.
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