Established: 1842 Address: Brynjulf Bulls plass 3, 0250 Oslo, Norway Website: https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/ Collection: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906): Nature morte: pot à lait et fruits sur une table (c.1890) • Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Jeune Fille appuyée sur un coussin (1870-72) •…
(1863–1944) The artist’s works: Bay with Boat and House 1881 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Self-Portrait 1882 Munch Museum, Oslo The Sick Child 1885–1886 Nationalgalleriet, Oslo Evening 1888 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Evening Talk 1889 Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The Girl by the Window 1893…
Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) “La beauté est une des rares choses qui ne font pas douter de Dieu.” (Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.) Becket, act 1
Deaths: • Anouilh, Jean (1910-1987) • Capucine (1928-1990) • Mason, James (1909-1984) See also: • Cities | Switzerland
(1910–1987) Jean-Marie-Lucien-Pierre Anouilh Works: • Antigone (1944) Quotes: • Jean Anouilh: Quotations Filmography as Screenwriter: Anna Karenina 1948 Director: Julien Duvivier Starring: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson Born June 23 1910 Bordeaux (France) Died October 3 1987 Lausanne (Switzerland) Occupation Playwright Screenwriter Writer
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) “There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.” Nicholas Nickleby, chapter 10 “It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.” Bleak House, chapter 28 “Vices are sometimes…
Built: 1780 Acquired by Charles Dickens in 1856 Deaths: • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) See also: • Higham (England) | Houses
Highlights: • Gads Hill Place Deaths: • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) See also: • Cities | England | UK
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Venus del Espejo (Venus at her Mirror, The Rokeby Venus) 1647–1651 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 177 cm National Gallery, London This is the only surviving female nude painted by Velázquez. The subject was rare in seventeenth-century Spain,…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El aguador de Sevilla (The Waterseller of Seville) c.1623 Oil on canvas, 107.7 x 81.3 cm Wellington Museum, London This is one of the most famous early paintings by Velázquez, produced in his home town of Seville when…