Joanni Perronet

Joanni Maurice Perronnet (19 October 1877 – 1 April 1950) was a French painter and fencer.

Joanni Maurice Perronet
Personal information
Born19 October 1877
Paris, France
Died1 April 1950(1950-04-01) (aged 72)
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
1896 AthensFoil, masters
one of his seascapes

He was son of music composer Joanni Perronnet and Blanche Guérard, as well as grandson of the playwright and lyricist Amélie Perronnet.

He was a fencing master, the only professional allowed to compete in the Olympic Games at the time. Two such masters, Perronet and Leonidas Pyrgos of Greece, competed in a special foil fencing event at the first modern Olympics. The two faced each other in an event that consisted of a single bout to three touches. Perronet lost the bout, 3-1.[1] He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a silver medal and 3 goats.[2]

He had close links to Sarah Bernhardt, she was his godmother.[3] In 1908, he became secretary-general of the Sarah-Bernhardt Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt.

He is known as a painter, most of his paintings are seascapes.[3] He also designed many posters for French railway companies[4] and painted several portraits of Sarah Bernhardt.

References
  1. "Joanni Perronet". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "Joanni Perronet Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  3. Perronnet, Maurice. 1. Oxford University Press. 2011-10-31. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00139248.
  4. "Ventes aux enchères Maurice PERRONNET (1877 - 1950)". catalogue.gazette-drouot.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.


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