Christian Bérard (20 August 1902  Paris – 11 February 1949)  also known as Bébé  was a French artist  fashion illustrator and designer Bérard and his lover Boris Kochno  who worked for the Ballets Russes and was also co-founder of the Ballets des Champs-Elysées  were one of the most prominent openly homosexual couples in French theater during the 1930s and 1940s