Month: June 2012

Giverny (France)

Giverny in Art: Butler, Theodore Earl (1861-1936) Suzanne et Lily Butler in Claude Monet’s Garden c.1894–1895 Private collection     Butler, Theodore Earl (1861-1936) La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny 1924 Private collection     Hoschedé Monet, Blanche (1865-1947) Le…

John Keats

(1795–1821) Works: • Endymion: A Poetic Romance (English) • Lamia (English) • Letters of John Keats (English) • Poems 1817 (English) • Poems Published in 1820 (English) Quotes: • John Keats: Quotations Born October 31 1795 London (England) Died February 23 1821…

Stendhal: Quotations

Stendhal (1783-1842) “La beauté n’est que la promesse du bonheur.” (Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.) De L’Amour (On Love), Ch. 17.

Stendhal

(1783–1842) Marie-Henri Beyle Works: • L’Abbesse De Castro (French) • Les Cenci (French) • La Chartreuse De Parme (French) • La Duchesse De Palliano (French) • La vie de Rossini, tome I (French) • La vie de Rossini, tome II…

Jane Henriot

(1878–1900) Jeanne Angèle Grossin Stage name: Jane Henriot Jane Henriot in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Fillette au chapeau bleu 1881 Private collection   Born April 28 1878 Paris (France) Died March 9 1900 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière de Passy (Paris) Mother…

Tintoretto

(1518–1594) Jacopo Robusti, Jacopo Comin The artist’s works: Ritratto maschile 1500s Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Caino uccide Abele 1540s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest La cena di Emmaus c.1542 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest La conversione di san Paolo c.1544 National…

Edmond-Victor Renoir

(1849–1944) Edmond Renoir in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La promenade 1870 Getty Center, Los Angeles     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La loge 1874 Courtauld Institute Galleries, London     Renoir,…

Jeanne Samary

(1857–1890) Léonie Pauline Jeanne Samary Jeanne Samary in Art: Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Portrait de Jeanne Samary c.1879 Musée Carnavalet, Paris     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La balançoire 1876 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La Rêverie 1877 Pushkin Museum, Moscow    …

Henri IV (France)

(1553–1610) Henri le Grand, né Henri de Bourbon King of France (1589–1610) King of Navarre, as Henri III (1572–1610) Henri IV in Art: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La Croix du Breuil 1923 Private collection     See also: • Bessines-sur-Gartempe (France) | French…