+WHO ARE WE / WHERE FROM+ >WHERE DO WE GO< ******************** >is the most compelling focus< >THAT I KNOW OF< ***************** >THE de BRESSE (BRES) BRANCH OF MY RAY/deGRUY FAMILY ***************************** >is very interesting because the de BRESSE (BRES) >are ancestor to both families +RAY & deGRUY+ *************** +de BRES(SE) / GREGORY+ (new orleans artists) ******************* >i have previously written about the famous new orleans sculptress +ANGELA GREGORY+ featured in the "LA. CULTURAL VISTAS MAGAZINE" (summer 2005 issue) >she was the daughter of tulane prof. WILLIAM B. GREGORY (artist/engineer) and +SELENA BRES GREGORY+ >artist & sister of +CATHERINE BRES RAY+ >wife of john ray< lawyer and legislator founder of rayville, louisiana who i >have written much about<. ************************* >NEW INFORMATION< ********************* >there is much artistic heritage found in the bres(se) family in addition to there amazing history as the +DUKE de SAVOY+ +( PHILIPPE de BRESSE )+ great ally / inlaw to +COUNT JEAN de GRUYERE+ (father of michael degruyere) ***************************** +SELENA deBRES GREGORY+ >sister of catherine debres ray i have just discovered was a famous new ( SEE INTERNET ) >orleans artist (painter) like her more famed daughter, angela. ******************************* +ONE OF MY FONDEST YOUTHFUL MEMORIES WAS VISITING THE (angela gregory, 1940s) >GREGORY STUDIO ON PINE STREET IN NEW ORLEANS. *************************** >you can imagine the radiance that galvenised my heart when i by chance (?) found the ancient ***************************** +RUE ADMIRAL de BRESSE+ street sign in beautiful >VILLE FRANCHE SUR MER< greatest port in the old +DUCHY de SAVOY+ ****************** >TO THIS I MUST MENTION THAT THE HUGE deSAVOY CASTLE IS STILL (houses museums,theatres) +THE MAGNIFICENT STAR OF OF THE GREAT HARBOR of +VILLE FRANCHE SUR MER+ ************************** >( constructed by duke emmanuel >philibert desavoy in 1557 ) ************************* +INTUITIVELY+ >I HAVE BEEN DRAWN THERE BEFORE ACQUIRING THIS KNOWLEDGE. >staying there 3 times with 2 wives and nearby cap ferrat many times. ****************** +THIS MILIEU IS MAGIC TO ME+ >fueled by< +amazing natural forces+ ************************* gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com