Underneath Yuri Gutsatz’s matinee-idol good looks
there beat the heart of a poet and a true romantic.
Yuri married his beloved Arlette in 1945, and wrote poems and love letters to
her that she kept until her death in 2012, seven years after Yuri himself
passed away. Theirs was a match made in Heaven, raising three sons (can
you identify Michel on the above picture?) and supporting each other
throughout their artistic careers. It’s especially impressive to think that
Yuri wrote poetry in French, when it was his second language, and one of four
that he spoke.
We think he and Arlette would love our new Paris space devoted to their life’s
work and their shared love of nature and family. Come and see our
“heritage wall” and follow
their story for yourself at our Experience Store.
