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Tériade is the nom de plume of Stratis (or Efstratios) Eleftheriades a native of Mytilene who went to Paris in 1915 at the age of eighteen to study law, but who instead became an art critic, patron, and, most significantly, a publisher.
In collaboration with Swiss publisher Albert Skira, Tériade founded the review Minotaure in 1933. For several years E. Tériade contributed and remained involved with the review, but departed in December 1937, when the 10th volume was published.
In 1937 he founded the quarterly journal Verve, (1937-1960), for which he commissioned artists such as Picasso, Matisse, and Marc Chagall to produce a series of works.
Born: 2 May 1889
Died: 23 October 1983
Nationality: Greek, French
Gender: Male